Corporate Governance and Control

128 Pages Posted: 31 Oct 2002

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Marco Becht

Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Patrick Bolton

Imperial College London; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Ailsa Röell

Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs

Date Written: October 2002

Abstract

Corporate governance is concerned with the resolution of collective action problems among dispersed investors and the reconciliation of conflicts of interest between various corporate claimholders. In this survey we review the theoretical and empirical research on the main mechanisms of corporate control, discuss the main legal and regulatory institutions in different countries, and examine the comparative corporate governance literature. A fundamental dilemma of corporate governance emerges from this overview: large shareholder intervention needs to be regulated to guarantee better small investor protection; but this may increase managerial discretion and scope for abuse. Alternative methods of limiting abuse have yet to be proven effective.

Keywords: Corporate governance, ownership, takeovers, block holders, boards

JEL Classification: G32, G34

Suggested Citation

Becht, Marco and Bolton, Patrick and Röell, Ailsa A., Corporate Governance and Control (October 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=343461 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.343461

Marco Becht

Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB) ( email )

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Patrick Bolton (Contact Author)

Imperial College London ( email )

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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United Kingdom

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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Ailsa A. Röell

Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs ( email )

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New York, NY 10027
United States
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