The Economics of Corporate Governance and Mergers

Edited by Klaus Gugler (klaus.gugler@wu.ac.at) and Burcin Yurtoglu

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Abstract: This book provides an insightful view of major issues in the economics of corporate governance (CG) and mergers. It presents a systematic update on the developments in the two fields during the last decade, as well as highlighting the neglected topics in CG research, such as the role of boards, CG and public interest and the relation of CG to mergers. Two important conclusions can be drawn from this book: the first is that corporate governance systems that better align shareholders’ and managers’ interests lead to better corporate performance; second, there is an important relationship between CG structures and the quality of firm decision-making, one of the most important being the decision to merge or take over another firm.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
ISBN: 9781847207159
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The Economics of Corporate Governance and Mergers

Klaus Gugler and Burcin Yurtoglu

Ch 2 Legal Origin, Shareholder Protection and the Stock Market: New Challenges from Time Series Analysis

Sonja Fagernäs, Prabirjit Sarkar and Ajit Singh

Ch 3 Corporate Governance and the Public Interest: The Way Forward

J. Robert Branston, Keith Cowling and Roger Sugden

Ch 4 Corporate Boards of Directors: A Precautionary Perspective

Oliver Williamson

Ch 5 Corporate Governance: A Review of the Role of Banks

Hans Degryse, Steven Ongena and Günseli Tümer-Alkan

Ch 6 Competition between Profit Seekers and Non-Profit Firms: The Case of German Banking

Manfred Neumann, Richard Reichel and Jürgen Weigand

Ch 7 Mergers: An Overview

Stephen Martin

Ch 8 A New Retrospective on Mergers

F.M. Scherer

Ch 9 Mergers and Efficiency: Theory, Empirical Evidence, and Competition Policy in Japan

Hiroyuki Odagiri

Ch 10 UK Corporate Governance and Takeover Performance

Andy Cosh, Paul Guest and Alan Hughes

Ch 11 Mergers and Alliances in Pharmaceuticals: Effects on Innovation and R&D Productivity

Henry Grabowski and Margaret Kyle

Ch 12 Endogenous Horizontal Mergers in Dynamic Markets

Engelbert Dockner, Andrea Gaunersdorfer and Steffen Jørgensen

Ch 13 Vertical Mergers in Markets with Network Effects

Gerhard Clemenz

Ch 14 The Impact of Competition on Macroeconomic Performance

Karl Aiginger

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