Arbeitspapier
Foundations of Corporate Governance
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.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: WWZ Discussion Paper ; No. 2012/05
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Corporate Finance and Governance: General
Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Voting; Proxy Contests; Corporate Governance
Law and Economics: General
- Subject
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Agency theory
Legal protection
Corporate goverance
Board of directors
Ownership
Corporate Governance
Board of Directors
Eigentümerstruktur
Transaktionskosten
Anlegerschutz
Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Volonté, Christophe
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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University of Basel, Center of Business and Economics (WWZ)
- (where)
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Basel
- (when)
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2012
- DOI
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doi:10.5451/unibas-ep61213
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Volonté, Christophe
- University of Basel, Center of Business and Economics (WWZ)
Time of origin
- 2012
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