Title: Corporate governance in context : corporations, states, and markets in Europe, Japan, and the US /
Authors: Hopt, Klaus J., 1940-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Corporate governance Law and legislation Europe.; Corporate governance Law and legislation Japan.; Corporate governance Law and legislation United States.; Corporate governance Europe.; Corporate governance Japan.; Corporate governance United States.; Corporate governance.
Abstract: Significant increases in regulatory competition have led to different models of political economy being explored and a shift from state to market governance. This work addresses these challenges using the world's three leading economies and their legal systems.
Contents: Change of Governance in Historic Perspective: From State to Market -- Pathways of Change in the 20th Century -- 1. Change of Governance in Historic Perspective: The German Experience, Harald Baum -- 2. Corporate Governance in the 20th Century: a View from Italy, Guido Ferrarini -- 3. Historical Pathways of Reform: Foreign Law Transplants and Japanese Corporate Governance, Curtis J. Milhaupt -- 4. Asking the Wrong Question: Changes of Governance in Historical Perspective?, Yoshiro Miwa, J. Mark Ramseyer-5.Politics on Wall Street: The Implications of Eliot Spitzer on State-Federal Relations in the Regulation of Public Corporations and Capital Markets in the United States, Jonathan R. Macey-6.egulation in the U.S. and Europe: Some Comparative Remarks, Gerald SpindlerCorporations: Changing Models of Corporate Governance.-7.The Impact of the EU Company Law Action Plan of the European Commission on Corporate Governance, Klaus J. Hopt -- 8. Changing Models in Corporate Governance --^