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TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Corporate Governance U.S. (Topic)

January 2, 1997 to June 19, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 17658 Remuneration: Where We've Been, How We Got to Here, What are the Problems, and How to Fix Them
Michael C. Jensen, Kevin J. Murphy, Eric G. Wruck,
Harvard Business School, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, Ohio State University (OSU) - Fisher College of Business,
Date posted to database: July 5, 2004
Last Revised: September 23, 2004
2 7611 Enron and the Dark Side of Shareholder Value
William W. Bratton,
Institute for Law and Economics, University of Pennsylvania Law School,
Date posted to database: March 2, 2002
Last Revised: May 28, 2002
3 7385 The State of U.S. Corporate Governance: What's Right and What's Wrong?
Steven N. Kaplan, Bengt R. Holmström,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business,
Date posted to database: September 8, 2003
Last Revised: April 2, 2008
4 7165 Risk Management and Corporate Governance: The Case of Enron
Robert Rosen,
University of Miami - School of Law,
Date posted to database: January 5, 2004
Last Revised: January 7, 2004
5 6083 Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem
Jesse M. Fried, Lucian A. Bebchuk,
Harvard University - Law School - Faculty, Harvard University - Law School - Faculty,
Date posted to database: January 6, 2003
Last Revised: April 28, 2009
6 6065 The Wages of Failure: Executive Compensation at Bear Stearns and Lehman 2000-2008
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, Holger Spamann,
Harvard University - Law School - Faculty, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Harvard University - Law School - Faculty,
Date posted to database: November 26, 2009
Last Revised: December 1, 2010
7 4912 Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation
Jesse M. Fried, Lucian A. Bebchuk, David I. Walker,
Harvard University - Law School - Faculty, Harvard University - Law School - Faculty, Boston University School of Law,
Date posted to database: June 19, 2002
Last Revised: April 28, 2009
8 4822 The Corporate Governance Industry
Paul Rose,
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law,
Date posted to database: May 18, 2006
Last Revised: November 16, 2007
9 4411 Corporate Governance and Accounting Scandals
Anup Agrawal, Sahiba Chadha,
University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration,
Date posted to database: January 17, 2003
Last Revised: September 10, 2012
10 3716 Transparency and Corporate Governance
Benjamin E. Hermalin, Michael S. Weisbach,
University of California, Berkeley, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance,
Date posted to database: January 22, 2007
Last Revised: September 28, 2007

RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days)
TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Corporate Governance U.S. (Topic)

April 20, 2013 to June 19, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 743 The Myth that Insulating Boards Serves Long-Term Value
Lucian A. Bebchuk,
Harvard University - Law School - Faculty,
Date posted to database: April 11, 2013
Last Revised: April 18, 2013
2 390 The Present and Future of Corporate Governance: Re-Examining the Role of the Board of Directors and Investor Relations in Listed Companies
Joseph A. McCahery, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Masato Hisatake,
Tilburg University - School of Law; European Banking Center (EBC), Tilburg University - Department of Business Law, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry,
Date posted to database: April 22, 2013
Last Revised: May 10, 2013
3 296 Regulation Through Substitution as Policy Tool: Swap Futurization Under Dodd-Frank
Gabriel D. Rosenberg, Jai R. Massari,
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP,
Date posted to database: April 25, 2013
Last Revised: April 25, 2013
4 264 Corporate Governance, Incentives, and Tax Avoidance
David F. Larcker, Alan D. Jagolinzer, Jennifer L. Blouin, Chris Armstrong,
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, University of Colorado - Leeds School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business,
Date posted to database: April 18, 2013
Last Revised: May 1, 2013
5 227 Quadratic Vote Buying as Efficient Corporate Governance
Eric Posner, E. Glen Weyl,
University of Chicago - Law School, University of Chicago,
Date posted to database: May 13, 2013
Last Revised: June 13, 2013
6 204 Agents Unchained: The Determinants of Takeover Defenses in IPO Firms
Brandon S. Gold,
Harvard Law School,
Date posted to database: May 17, 2013
Last Revised: May 17, 2013
7 204 Startup Ltd.: Tax Planning and Initial Incorporation Location
Susan C. Morse,
University of California - UC Hastings College of the Law,
Date posted to database: June 7, 2013
Last Revised: June 7, 2013
8 203 Proposals for Corporate Governance Reform: Six Decades of Ineptitude and Counting
Douglas M. Branson,
University of Pittsburgh School of Law,
Date posted to database: May 9, 2013
Last Revised: May 10, 2013
9 173 Short-Termism at Its Worst: How Short-Termism Invites Corruption… and What to Do About It
Malcolm S. Salter,
Harvard University - Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit,
Date posted to database: April 10, 2013
Last Revised: April 14, 2013
10 114 How Protective is D&O Insurance in Securities Class Actions? — An Update
Michael Klausner, Matthew Goforth, Jason Hegland,
Stanford Law School, Stanford University - Law School, Stanford University - Law School,
Date posted to database: May 5, 2013
Last Revised: June 18, 2013



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