The Law and Economics of Corporate Governance: Changing Perspectives

Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Contributors......Page 6
An introduction: changing perspectives on corporate law and economics......Page 8
1. Delaware corporate law: failing law, failing markets......Page 30
Comment – Comparing company law in Europe and the United States: some remarks inspired by Carney et al.’s presentation......Page 75
2. Incorporating under European law: the Societas Europaea as a vehicle for legal arbitrage......Page 89
Comment – Empirical law and economics: the Societas Europaea and its use within Europe......Page 124
3. Spillover of corporate governance standards in cross-border mergers and acquisitions......Page 129
Comment – Discussion of ‘Spillover of corporate governance standards in cross-bordermergers and acquisitions’ by Marina Martynova and Luc Renneboog......Page 189
4. Corporate governance – getting back to market basics......Page 195
Comment – Corporate governance and Coase’s legacy: a reply to Henry Manne......Page 209
5. Enforcement strategies in UK corporate governance: a roadmap and empirical assessment......Page 220
Comment on John Armour, ‘Enforcement strategies in UK corporate governance: a roadmap and empirical assessment’......Page 266
6. Marrying in the Cathedral: a framework for the analysis of corporate governance......Page 271
Comment – Can the firm be seen to emerge out of a pincer movement o fefficiency pressures?......Page 297
Index......Page 306