Corporate governance : promises kept, promises broken / Jonathan R. Macey.

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Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.
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245 1 0 |a Corporate governance :  |b promises kept, promises broken /  |c Jonathan R. Macey. 
260 |a Princeton :  |b Princeton University Press,  |c c2008. 
300 |a viii, 334 p. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-323) and index. 
505 0 0 |g Introduction.  |t Corporate governance as promise --  |g Ch. 1.  |t The goals of corporate governance : the dominant role of equity --  |g Ch. 2.  |t Corporate law and corporate governance --  |g Ch. 3.  |t Institutions and mechanisms of corporate governance : a taxonomy --  |g Ch. 4.  |t Boards of directors --  |g Ch. 5.  |t Case studies on boards of directors in corporate governance --  |g Ch. 6.  |t Dissident directors --  |g Ch. 7.  |t Formal external institutions of corporate governance : the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the stock exchanges, and the credit-rating agencies --  |g Ch. 8.  |t The market for corporate control --  |g Ch. 9.  |t Initial public offerings and private placements --  |g Ch. 10.  |t Governance by litigation : derivative lawsuits --  |g Ch. 11.  |t Accounting, accounting rules, and the accounting industry --  |g Ch. 12.  |t Quirky governance : insider trading, short selling, and whistle-blowing --  |g Ch. 13.  |t Shareholder voting --  |g Ch. 14.  |t The role of banks and other lenders in corporate governance --  |g Ch. 15.  |t Hedge funds and private equity. 
520 1 |a "In Corporate Governance, Jonathan Macey argues that less government regulation - not more - is what's needed to ensure that managers of public companies keep their promises to investors. Corporate Governance reveals why the market is the best guardian of shareholder interests."--BOOK JACKET. 
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