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Foundations of Corporate Governance

Christophe Volonté

Working papers from Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel

Abstract: This paper outlines the foundations of corporate governance. The discussion includes a review on the modern corporation, transaction costs theory, agency costs theory, legal investor protection, investor protection by corporate governance and its various mechanisms, as well as an overview of the determinants of corporate governance.

Keywords: Agency theory; Legal protection; Corporate goverance; Board of directors; Ownership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G30 G32 G34 K00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-01-01
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