Bengt R. Holmström

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

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The State of U.S. Corporate Governance: What's Right and What's Wrong?

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The State of U.S. Corporate Governance: What's Right and What's Wrong?

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 23/2003
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Sep 2003
Bengt R. Holmström and Steven N. Kaplan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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U.S. corporate governance system, shareholder value, executive compensation, boards, Sarbanes-Oxley act, comparative corporate governance

The State of U.S. Corporate Governance: What's Right and What's Wrong?

NBER Working Paper No. w9613
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 11 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
Bengt R. Holmström and Steven N. Kaplan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Corporate Governance and Merger Activity in the U.S.: Making Sense of the 1980s and 1990s

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Corporate Governance and Merger Activity in the U.S.: Making Sense of the 1980s and 1990s

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Feb 2001
Bengt R. Holmström and Steven N. Kaplan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Corporate Governance; Stock Options; Mergers and Acquisitions

Corporate Governance and Merger Activity in the U.S.: Making Sense of the 1980s and 1990s

NBER Working Paper No. w8220
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Apr 2001 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2022
Bengt R. Holmström and Steven N. Kaplan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Pay Without Performance and the Managerial Power Hypothesis: A Comment

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 01 May 2006
Bengt R. Holmström
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Executive Compensation, Corporate Governance, Corporate Restructuring

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The Firm as a Subeconomy

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The Firm as a Subeconomy

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 May 1999
Bengt R. Holmström
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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The Firm as a Subeconomy

Posted: 22 Aug 1999
Bengt R. Holmström
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

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A Theory of Firm Scope

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A Theory of Firm Scope

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Dec 2002
Oliver Hart and Bengt R. Holmström
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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A Theory of Firm Scope

NBER Working Paper No. w14613
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2022
Oliver Hart and Bengt R. Holmström
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Lapm: A Liquidity-Based Asset Pricing Model

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Lapm: A Liquidity-Based Asset Pricing Model

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Jul 2000
Bengt R. Holmström and Jean Tirole
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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Lapm: a Liquidity-Based Asset Pricing Model

NBER Working Paper No. w6673
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 11 Sep 1998 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2022
Bengt R. Holmström and Jean Tirole
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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Managerial Incentive Problems: A Dynamic Perspective

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Managerial Incentive Problems: A Dynamic Perspective

NBER Working Paper No. w6875
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2022
Bengt R. Holmström
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Managerial Incentive Problems--A Dynamic Perspective

Posted: 03 May 1999
Bengt R. Holmström
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

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Understanding Big Data: Data Calculus in the Digital Era

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3791018, Columbia Business School Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 25 Feb 2021
Long Chen, Long Chen, Patrick Bolton, Bengt R. Holmström, Eric Maskin, Christopher A. Pissarides, A. Michael Spence, Tao Sun, Tianshu Sun, Wei Xiong, Liyan Yang, Yadong Huang, Yong Li, Xuan Luo, Yingju Ma, Shumiao Ouyang and Feng Zhu
Cheung Kong Graduate School of BusinessLuohan Academy, Imperial College London, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Princeton University - Department of Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Stanford Graduate School of Business, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Princeton University - Department of Economics, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Luohan Academy, Luohan Academy, Luohan Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Oxford, Saïd Business School and Ant Financial
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big data, data economics, information economics, privacy, market competition

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Banks as Secret Keepers

PIER Working Paper
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2016
Tri Vi Dang, Gary B. Gorton, Bengt R. Holmström and Guillermo Ordoñez
Columbia University - Department of Economics, Yale School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Banks vs. Capital Markets, Financial Intermediation, Information and Opacity, Optimal Portfolio, Private Money

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The Information View of Financial Crises

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The Information View of Financial Crises

Yale ICF Working Paper No. 2019-15
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2019
Tri Vi Dang, Gary B. Gorton and Bengt R. Holmström
Columbia University - Department of Economics, Yale School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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The Information View of Financial Crises

NBER Working Paper No. w26074
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 23 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2023
Tri Vi Dang, Gary B. Gorton and Bengt R. Holmström
Columbia University - Department of Economics, Yale School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Private and Public Supply of Liquidity

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Private and Public Supply of Liquidity

NBER Working Paper No. w5817
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Bengt R. Holmström and Jean Tirole
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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Private and Public Supply of Liquidity

MIT Dept. of Economics WP Series #96-31
Posted: 08 Apr 1997
Bengt R. Holmström and Jean Tirole
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)

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Banks as Secret Keepers

NBER Working Paper No. w20255
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 07 May 2023
Tri Vi Dang, Gary B. Gorton, Bengt R. Holmström and Guillermo Ordoñez
Columbia University - Department of Economics, Yale School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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The Information View of Financial Crises

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 12, pp. 39-65, 2020
Posted: 10 Dec 2020
Tri Vi Dang, Gary B. Gorton and Bengt R. Holmström
Columbia University, Yale School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

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Agency Costs and Innovation

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Bengt R. Holmström
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

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Organizational behavior, Organizational change, Risk orientation, Innovation process, Transaction costs, Management techniques, Firm centralization, Economic assistance, Risk assessment