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1.

Economic Consequences of Financial Reporting and Disclosure Regulation: A Review and Suggestions for Future Research

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 13 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 07 May 2008
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Christian Leuz and Peter D. Wysocki
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Boston University Questrom School of Business
Downloads 23,610
2.

International Corporate Governance

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 30 Jul 2002
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Diane K. Denis and John J. McConnell
University of Pittsburgh - Katz School of Business and Purdue University
Downloads 19,029
3.

The History of Corporate Governance

OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, Mike Wright, Donald Siegel, Kevin Keasey and Igor Filatotchev, eds., Oxford University Press, 2013, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 54/2011, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 184/2012
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 20 May 2013
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Brian R. Cheffins
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law
Downloads 18,383
4.

What is Corporate Law?

Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 300
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Henry Hansmann and Reinier Kraakman
Yale University - Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads 14,562
5.

The Essential Elements of Corporate Law

Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20/2009, Yale Law, Economics & Public Policy Research Paper No. 387, Harvard Law and Economics Research Paper No. 643, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 09-39, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 134/2009
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
John Armour, Henry Hansmann and Reinier Kraakman
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Yale University - Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads 12,825
6.

Audit Committee, Board of Director Characteristics, and Earnings Management

NYU, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 06-42
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 22 Nov 2000
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April Klein
New York University (NYU) - Department of Accounting

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Downloads 12,628
7.

The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 802, Columbia Law Review, Vol. 115, 2015, pp. 1085-1156, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 13-66
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 07 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2015
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Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alon Brav and Wei Jiang
Harvard Law School, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics

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Downloads 12,597
8.

Insider Trading: An Overview

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 Oct 1998
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Stephen M. Bainbridge
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
Downloads 12,373
9.

Blockchain Technology and Decentralized Governance: Is the State Still Necessary?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2016
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Marcella Atzori
University College of London - Center for Blockchain Technologies
Downloads 12,339
10.

Hedge Funds, Systemic Risk, and the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008: Written Testimony for the House Oversight Committee Hearing on Hedge Funds

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Nov 2008
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Andrew W. Lo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 11,683
11.

IFRS Adoption and Accounting Quality: A Review

European Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Aug 2007
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Naomi S. Soderstrom and Kevin Jialin Sun
University of Melbourne and St. John's University
Downloads 11,303
12.

The Case for Increasing Shareholder Power

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 118, No. 3, pp. 833-914, January 2005, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 500
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 17 Mar 2003 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Lucian A. Bebchuk
Harvard Law School
Downloads 10,594
13.

Pay Without Performance: Overview of the Issues

Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 647-673, 2005, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 8-22, 2005, Academy of Management Perspectives, pp. 5-24, February 2006, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 528
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Jesse M. Fried
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads 10,218
14.

The Changing of the Boards: The Impact on Firm Valuation of Mandated Female Board Representation

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, vol. 127(1): 137-197.
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 21 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2012
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Kenneth R. Ahern and Amy K. Dittmar
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - The Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 9,269
15.

The Subprime Credit Crisis of 07

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 25 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2016
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Stuart M. Turnbull, Michel Crouhy and Robert A. Jarrow
University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business, Natixis and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
Downloads 9,253
16.

Executive Compensation: Where We are, and How We Got There

George Constantinides, Milton Harris, and René Stulz (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Finance. Elsevier Science North Holland (Forthcoming), Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. FBE 07.12
Number of pages: 179 Posted: 17 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2012
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Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 9,227
17.

Earnings Management and Investor Protection: An International Comparison

MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4225-01; EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Presented Paper
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2008
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Christian Leuz, Dhananjay Nanda and Peter D. Wysocki
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Miami - Department of Accounting and Boston University Questrom School of Business

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Downloads 8,973
18.

Fallacies, Irrelevant Facts, and Myths in the Discussion of Capital Regulation: Why Bank Equity is Not Socially Expensive

Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2013/23, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 161, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 13-7
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 04 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2016
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Anat R. Admati, Peter M. DeMarzo, Martin F. Hellwig and Paul C. Pfleiderer
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads 8,607
19.

Corporate Governance: Effects on Firm Performance and Economic Growth

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Sep 2000
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Maria Maher and Thomas Andersson
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Economics Department (ECO) and Jonkoping University

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Downloads 8,521
20.

The State of U.S. Corporate Governance: What's Right and What's Wrong?

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 23/2003
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Sep 2003
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Bengt R. Holmström and Steven N. Kaplan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Downloads 8,354
21.

Internal Audit Quality and Earnings Management

The Accounting Review, Vol. 84, No. 4, pp. 1255-1280, 2009
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 11 May 2010
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Douglas F. Prawitt, Jason L. Smith and David A. Wood
Brigham Young University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Brigham Young University - School of Accountancy
Downloads 8,349
22.

Market Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in Europe

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 May 2006 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Chris Armstrong, Mary E. Barth, Alan D. Jagolinzer and Eddie Riedl
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, University of Cambridge Judge Business School and Boston University - Questrom School of Business

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Downloads 8,110
23.

Earnings Quality: Evidence from the Field

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 10 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2014
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Ilia D. Dichev, John R. Graham, Campbell R. Harvey and Shivaram Rajgopal
Emory University - Department of Accounting, Duke University, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School

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Downloads 8,109
24.

Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 17, pp. 71-92, 2003, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 421
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Jan 2003 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Jesse M. Fried
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School

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Downloads 7,937
25.

Reading About the Financial Crisis: A 21-Book Review

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2012
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Andrew W. Lo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 7,748
26.

Pay Without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation

Harvard University Press, 2004
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 30 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Jesse M. Fried
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads 7,290
27.

Corporate Governance, Board Diversity, and Firm Performance

Oklahoma State University Working Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Mar 2002
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David Carter, Betty J. Simkins and W. Gary Simpson
Oklahoma State University - Stillwater - Department of Finance, Oklahoma State University - Stillwater - Department of Finance and Oklahoma State University - Stillwater - Department of Finance
Downloads 7,158
28.

Agency Problems, Legal Strategies, and Enforcement

Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21/2009, Yale Law, Economics & Public Policy Research Paper No. 388, Harvard Law and Economics Research Paper Series No. 644 , European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 135/2009
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
John Armour, Henry Hansmann and Reinier Kraakman
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Yale University - Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads 7,069
29.

Modern Company and Capital Market Problems: Improving European Corporate Governance after Enron

AFTER ENRON, IMPROVING CORPORATE LAW AND MODERNISING SECURITIES REGULATION IN EUROPE AND THE U.S., pp. 445-496, J. Armour, J. A. McCahery, eds., Oxford (Hart), 2006, ECGI Law Working Paper No. 05/2002, ECGI Finance Working Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Dec 2002 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2009
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Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Downloads 7,055
30.

Secret Liens and the Financial Crisis of 2008

American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Vol. 83, p. 253, 2009
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2009
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Michael Simkovic
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Downloads 7,049
31.

Audit Committee Quality, Auditor Independence, and Internal Control Weaknesses

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Aug 2006
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Yan Zhang, Jian Zhou and Nan Zhou
State University of New York at Binghamton - School of Management, University of Hawaii at Manoa and University of Cincinnati - Lindner College of Business

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Downloads 6,975
32.

The Credit Rating Industry: Competition and Regulation

Number of pages: 176 Posted: 14 Jun 2007
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Fabian Dittrich
University of Cologne - Department of Economics
Downloads 6,698
33.

Real and Accrual-Based Earnings Management in the Pre- and Post-Sarbanes Oxley Periods

AAA 2006 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Sep 2005
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Daniel A. Cohen, Aiyesha Dey and Thomas Z. Lys
Texas A&M University College Station, Harvard Business School and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Downloads 6,672
34.

The Illusory Promise of Stakeholder Governance

Cornell Law Review, Volume 106, 2020, pp. 91-178, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No.1052, Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance Working Paper 2020-1
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 27 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2021
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Lucian A. Bebchuk and Roberto Tallarita
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads 6,214
35.

Corporate Governance Reforms in Continental Europe

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 117-140, Winter 2007
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Mar 2007
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Luca Enriques and Paolo F. Volpin
University of Oxford Faculty of Law and City University London - Faculty of Finance
Downloads 6,119
36.

The Costs and Benefits of Financial Market Regulation

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 21/2004
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 29 Apr 2004
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Luigi Zingales
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads 5,987
37.

Accruals Quality and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Accounting Review, Vol. 82, pp. 1141-1170, October 2007
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2010
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Jeffrey T. Doyle, Weili Ge and Sarah E. McVay
Utah State University, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Washington

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Downloads 5,948
38.

The AIG Bailout

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 66, p. 943, 2009
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2015
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William K. Sjostrom
University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law
Downloads 5,906
39.

The Myth of the Shareholder Franchise

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 93, No. 3, pp. 675-732, 2007, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 567, October 2005
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 23 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Lucian A. Bebchuk
Harvard Law School
Downloads 5,877
40.

Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 69, pp. 751-846, 2002, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 366, June 2002
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 19 Jun 2002 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
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Lucian A. Bebchuk, Jesse M. Fried and David I. Walker
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Boston University School of Law

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Downloads 5,682
41.

The Rise of Independent Directors in the United States, 1950-2005: Of Shareholder Value and Stock Market Prices

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 74/2006, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 301, Stanford Law Review, Vol. 59, p. 1465, 2007
Number of pages: 111 Posted: 04 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2008
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Jeffrey N. Gordon
Columbia Law School

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Downloads 5,522
42.

The Dark Side of Universal Banking: Financial Conglomerates and the Origins of the Subprime Financial Crisis

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 4, 2009, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 468, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 468
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 13 May 2009
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Arthur E. Wilmarth
George Washington University Law School
Downloads 5,494
43.

Corporate Governance and Accounting Scandals

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 Jan 2003
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Anup Agrawal and Sahiba Chadha
University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration

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Downloads 5,419
44.

The Sovereign Wealth Fund Discount: Evidence from Public Equity Investments

Baffi Center Research Paper No. 2013-140, FEEM Working Paper No. 22.2009
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 09 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2015
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Bernardo Bortolotti, Veljko Fotak and William L. Megginson
Bocconi University, School of Management, University at Buffalo (SUNY) and University of Oklahoma
Downloads 5,094
45.

Comparative Company Law

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 77/2006, THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE LAW, Mathias Reimann & Reinhard Zimmermann, eds., p. 1161-1191, Oxford University Press, 2006
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2011
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Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Downloads 5,071
46.

Risk Management and Corporate Governance: The Importance of Independence and Financial Knowledge for the Board and the Audit Committee

HEC Montreal Working Paper No. 05-03
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 07 Jun 2005
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Georges Dionne and Thouraya Triki
HEC Montreal - Department of Finance and HEC Montreal

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Downloads 5,045
47.

The Takeover Directive as a Protectionist Tool?

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 141/2010
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 01 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2010
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Paul L. Davies, Edmund Schuster and Emilie van de Walle de Ghelcke
University of Oxford- Faculty of Law, London School of Economics - Law Department and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Downloads 4,991
48.

Financial Engineering, Corporate Governance, and the Collapse of Enron

U of Delaware Coll. of Bus. and Econ. Ctr. for Corp. Governance Working Paper No. 2002-001
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Jan 2003
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Stuart Gillan and John D. Martin
University of Georgia - Department of Finance and Baylor University - Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
Downloads 4,986
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Governance and Intermediation Problems in Capital Markets: Evidence from the Fall of Enron

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 02-27
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 15 Oct 2002
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Paul M. Healy and Krishna Palepu
Harvard Business School and Harvard University - Harvard Business School
Downloads 4,828