The Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Governance, Volume 1

1. Introduction: The Study of Corporate Governance
Benjamin E. Hermalin, Michael S. Weisbach
2. Aspects of the Economics of Organization with Application to Corporate Governance
Benjamin E. Hermalin
3. Assessing Managerial Ability: Implications for Corporate Governance
Benjamin E. Hermalin, Michael S. Weisbach
4. Law and Corporate Governance
Robert Bartlett, Eric Talley
5. The Evidence on Mergers and Acquisitions: A Historical and Modern Report
J. Harold Mulherin, Jeffry M. Netter, Annette B. Poulsen
6. Boards, and the Directors Who Sit on Them
Renée Birgit Adams
7. Executive Compensation: A Survey of Theory and Evidence
Alex Edmans, Xavier Gabaix, Dirk Jenter
8. Blockholders: A Survey of Theory and Evidence
Alex Edmans, Clifford G. Holderness
9. Governance and Stakeholders
Vikas Mehrotra, Randall Morck
10. Evolution of Ownership and Control Around the World: The Changing Face of Capitalism
Julian Franks, Colin Mayer

The Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Governance, Volume One, covers all issues important to economists. It is organized around fundamental principles, whereas multidisciplinary books on corporate governance often concentrate on specific topics. Specific topics include Relevant Theory and Methods, Organizational Economic Models as They Pertain to Governance, Managerial Career Concerns, Assessment & Monitoring, and Signal Jamming, The Institutions and Practice of Governance, The Law and Economics of Governance, Takeovers, Buyouts, and the Market for Control, Executive Compensation, Dominant Shareholders, and more.

Providing excellent overviews and summaries of extant research, this book presents advanced students in graduate programs with details and perspectives that other books overlook.

• Concentrates on underlying principles that change little, even as the empirical literature moves on
• Helps readers see corporate governance systems as interrelated or even intertwined external (country-level) and internal (firm-level) forces
• Reviews the methodological tools of the field (theory and empirical), the most relevant models, and the field’s substantive findings, all of which help point the way forward

Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers worldwide working in corporate governance