Hermalin B., Weisbach M. The Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Governance. Volume 1

North Holland, 2017. — 760 p. — (Handbooks in Economics). — ISBN10: 0444635300; ISBN13: 978-0444635303.The Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Governance, Volume One, covers all issues important to economists. It is organized around fundamental principles, whereas multidisciplinary books on corporate governance often concentrate on specific topics. Specific topics include Relevant Theory and Methods, Organizational Economic Models as They Pertain to Governance, Managerial Career Concerns, Assessment & Monitoring, and Signal Jamming, The Institutions and Practice of Governance, The Law and Economics of Governance, Takeovers, Buyouts, and the Market for Control, Executive Compensation, Dominant Shareholders, and more.
Providing excellent overviews and summaries of extant research, this book presents advanced students in graduate programs with details and perspectives that other books overlook.
Concentrates on underlying principles that change little, even as the empirical literature moves on
Helps readers see corporate governance systems as interrelated or even intertwined external (country-level) and internal (firm-level) forces
Reviews the methodological tools of the field (theory and empirical), the most relevant models, and the field’s substantive findings, all of which help point the way forwardIntroduction: The Study of Corporate Governance
Aspects of the Economics of Organization with Application to Corporate Governance
Assessing Managerial Ability: Implications for Corporate Governance
Law and Corporate Governance
The Evidence on Mergers and Acquisitions: A historical and Modern Report
Boards and the Directors Who sit on them
Executive Compensation: A Survey of Theory and Evidence
Blockholders: A Survey of Theory and Evidence
Governance and Stakeholders
Evolution of Ownership and Control Around the World. The Changing face of Capitalism