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Roe, Mark J.,

Political determinants of corporate governance: political context, corporate impact/ Mark J. Roe. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. - x, 231 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and index.

Part I: Political Conflict and the Corporation
1. Peace as Predicate
2. The Wealthy West's Differing Corporate Governance Structures
3. A General Theory

Part II: Social Conflict and the Institutions of Corporate Governance
4. Social Democracies and Agency Costs: Raising the Stakes
5. Reducing Shareholders' Power to Control Managers

Part III: Left-Right Politics and Ownership Separation: Data
6. Data and Confirmation

Part IV: Nation by Nation
7. France
8. Germany
9. Italy
10. Japan
11. Sweden
12. United Kingdom
13. United States
14. Extending the Sample?

Part V: The Direction of Causality
15. Alternative Formulations of the Thesis
16. Backlash
17. Contract as Metaphor
18. Rents
19. Rents and Politics
20. Rents and Ownership Concentration
21. Political Change in Continental Europe
22. Alternative Formulations: Data

Part VI: Corporate Law's Limits
23. Corporate Law as the Foundation for Securities Markets: The Theory
24. Its Limits: Theory
25. Its Limits: Data
26. The Quality of Corporate Law and Its Limits

Part VII: Unifying the Political Theories
27. Populism and Socialism in Corporate Governance

ISBN: 0199240744

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Corporate governance
Business and politics
Corporate governance--Law and legislation.

Dewey Class. No.: 338.6 / ROE/P