TY - BOOK AU - Roe,Mark J. TI - Political determinants of corporate governance: political context, corporate impact SN - 0199240744 U1 - 338.6 PY - 2003/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Corporate governance KW - Business and politics KW - Law and legislation N1 - 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 ER -