PDF icon Download This Paper Open PDF in Browser
Add Paper to My Library
Permalink
Using the URL or DOI link below will ensure access to this page indefinitely
Copy URL
Copy URL

A Survey of Corporate Governance

NBER Working Paper No. w5554

80 Pages Posted: 28 Oct 1996 Last revised: 1 Oct 2010

See all articles by Andrei Shleifer

Andrei Shleifer

Harvard University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Robert W. Vishny

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Multiple version iconThere are 2 versions of this paper

Date Written: April 1996

Abstract

This paper surveys research on corporate governance, with special attention to the importance of legal protection of investors and of ownership concentration in corporate governance systems around the world.

Suggested Citation

Shleifer, Andrei and Vishny, Robert W., A Survey of Corporate Governance (April 1996). NBER Working Paper No. w5554. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=10182

Andrei Shleifer (Contact Author)

Harvard University - Department of Economics ( email )

Littauer Center
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
617-495-5046 (Phone)
617-496-1708 (Fax)

HOME PAGE: http://www.economics.harvard.edu/~ashleife/

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

c/o ECARES ULB CP 114
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium

HOME PAGE: http://www.ecgi.org

Robert W. Vishny

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business ( email )

5807 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
United States
312-702-2522 (Phone)
312-702-0118 (Fax)

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

PDF icon Download This Paper Open PDF in Browser

Register to save articles to
your library

Register

Paper statistics

Downloads
2,667
Abstract Views
107,933
rank
4,393
PlumX Metrics

Related eJournals

  • NBER Working Paper Series

    Follow

    NBER Working Paper Series

    Subscribe to this free journal for more curated articles on this topic

    FOLLOWERS
    11,059
    PAPERS
    26,692

  • Corporate Law: Corporate Governance Law eJournal

    Follow

    Corporate Law: Corporate Governance Law eJournal

    Subscribe to this fee journal for more curated articles on this topic

    FOLLOWERS
    1,058
    PAPERS
    6,800
    This Journal is curated by:
    Bernard S. Black at Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law

Recommended Papers