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Can Lax Corporate Law Increase Shareholder Value? Evidence from Nevada
Journal law and economy, 2018Recent scholarship argues that Nevada’s lax corporate law, which exempts managers from fiduciary duties and discourages takeovers, may harm shareholders’ wealth.
O. Eldar
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The Journal of Legal Studies, 2001
A strong theory has emerged that the quality of corporate law primarily determines whether ownership and control separate, particularly to the extent law stymies controllers' self-dealing transactions that damage minority stockholders. But in several rich nations, shareholders seem satisfactorily protected, but separation is narrow.
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A strong theory has emerged that the quality of corporate law primarily determines whether ownership and control separate, particularly to the extent law stymies controllers' self-dealing transactions that damage minority stockholders. But in several rich nations, shareholders seem satisfactorily protected, but separation is narrow.
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The Journal of Law and Economics, 1983
ONE of the themes of The Modern Corporation and Private Property is that managers use the machinery of voting to seize control of corporations. Managers name the slates of candidates and control the agents who cast proxy ballots. Shareholders are apathetic in the best of times because it is so unlikely that their votes would make a difference, but ...
Easterbrook, Frank H. +1 more
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ONE of the themes of The Modern Corporation and Private Property is that managers use the machinery of voting to seize control of corporations. Managers name the slates of candidates and control the agents who cast proxy ballots. Shareholders are apathetic in the best of times because it is so unlikely that their votes would make a difference, but ...
Easterbrook, Frank H. +1 more
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Corporate Law Firms: The Brazilian Case
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016In the 25 years since 1990, the corporate law sector in Brazil has grown substantially. The number of firms has more than doubled, some firms have reached large size and corporate structure and average firm size increased. At the same time, some law firms have changed their methods of operation, recruitment, and management.
Daniela Monteiro Gabbay +2 more
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Social Responsibility Journal, 2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and indirect links between corporate governance and tax avoidance using corporate social responsibility (CSR). Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a sample consisting of 300
Bassem Salhi +3 more
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and indirect links between corporate governance and tax avoidance using corporate social responsibility (CSR). Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a sample consisting of 300
Bassem Salhi +3 more
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2017
This article is the first chapter of the second edition of The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach, by Reinier Kraakman, John Armour, Paul Davies, Luca Enriques, Henry Hansmann, Gerard Hertig, Klaus Hopt, Hideki Kanda and Edward Rock (Oxford University Press, 2009).
Armour, J +3 more
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This article is the first chapter of the second edition of The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach, by Reinier Kraakman, John Armour, Paul Davies, Luca Enriques, Henry Hansmann, Gerard Hertig, Klaus Hopt, Hideki Kanda and Edward Rock (Oxford University Press, 2009).
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Corporate Law and Corporate Governance
Industrial and Corporate Change, 1996Abstract Corporate law and corporate governance are flip sides of the same coin. The fundamental task of corporate law is to provide a framework of goverance institutions that mitigate the agency problem arising from the separation of ownership and control in the modern corporation-that the interests of the managers who control ...
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Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 2018
The article examines reporting laws to determine if and how these laws shape corporate conduct and protect human rights. Since 2010 a wave of laws with extraterritorial effects has appeared as home states of multinationals began to mandate social disclosures.
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The article examines reporting laws to determine if and how these laws shape corporate conduct and protect human rights. Since 2010 a wave of laws with extraterritorial effects has appeared as home states of multinationals began to mandate social disclosures.
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2021
International law is increasingly applied in the field of natural resources. This reflects the current and challenging problem of mankind, namely how should increasingly rare natural resources or commodities be explored and exploited. This collection draws on the experts in the field to explore questions such as mining and human rights; national ...
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International law is increasingly applied in the field of natural resources. This reflects the current and challenging problem of mankind, namely how should increasingly rare natural resources or commodities be explored and exploited. This collection draws on the experts in the field to explore questions such as mining and human rights; national ...
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2009
Abstract This chapter discusses Japanese corporate law. Topics covered include the history of Japanese company law, types of companies in Japan, share ownership structure of Japanese companies, setting up companies, shares, corporate governance, mergers and splitting of companies, financing of companies, and accounting.
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Abstract This chapter discusses Japanese corporate law. Topics covered include the history of Japanese company law, types of companies in Japan, share ownership structure of Japanese companies, setting up companies, shares, corporate governance, mergers and splitting of companies, financing of companies, and accounting.
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