Research handbook on the economics of corporate law /
edited by Claire A. Hill, Brett H. McDonnell.
- ix, 486 pages ; 25 cm.
- Research handbooks in law and economics .
- Research handbooks in law and economics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The evolution of the economic analysis of corporate law / Director primacy / Corporate law and the team production problem / The role of shareholders in the modern American corporation / Creditors and debt governance / Employees and the boundaries of the corporation / The role of the public interest in corporate law / Fiduciary duties : the emerging jurisprudence / Empirical studies of representative litigation / The elusive quest for director independence / 'Low-cost' shareholder activism : a review of the evidence / Takeover theory and the law and economics movement / The law and economics of executive compensation : theory and evidence / Transaction cost engineers, loophole engineers or gatekeepers : the role of business lawyers after the financial meltdown / Credit rating agencies and regulatory reform / The influence of law and economics on law and accounting : two steps forward, one step back / The role and regulation of the research analyst / D & O insurance and the ability of shareholder litigation to deter / The influence of investment banks on corporate governance / Varieties of corporate law-making : competition, preemption, and federalism / The past and future of comparative corporate governance / Self-dealing by corporate insiders : legal constraints and loopholes / Behavioral approaches to corporate law / Market efficiency after the fall : where do we stand following the financial crisis? / Claire A. Hill and Brett H. McDonnell -- Stephen M. Bainbridge -- Margaret M. Blair -- D. Gordon Smith -- Charles K. Whitehead -- Matthew T. Bodie -- Ian B. Lee -- Claire A. Hill and Brett H. McDonnell -- Randall S. Thomas and Robert B. Thompson -- Lisa M. Fairfax -- Fabrizio Ferri -- Steven M. Davidoff -- David I. Walker -- Richard W. Painter -- Aline Darbellay and Frank Partnoy -- Lawrence A. Cunningham -- Jill E. Fisch -- Sean J. Griffith -- Tamar Frankel -- Robert B. Ahdieh -- Donald C. Clarke -- Vladimir Atanasov, Bernard Black and Conrad S. Ciccotello -- Donald C. Langevoort -- Ronald J. Gilson and Reinier Kraakman.. Introduction.