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DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226536835.001.0001
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In this volume, some of the brightest minds in the field of economics present new empirical research that suggests that each side of the debate has something to offer the other. Free enterprise and well-developed financial systems are proven to produce growth in those countries that have them. But research also suggests that in some other capitalist countries, arrangements truly do concentrate corporate ownership in the hands of a few wealthy families.
A History of Corporate Governance around the World provides historical studies of the patterns of corporate governance in several countries-including the large industrial economies of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States; larger developing economies like China and India; and alternative models like those of the Netherlands and Sweden.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface - The Global History of Corporate Governance: An Introduction - Randall K. Morck and Lloyd Steier
1. The Rise and Fall of the Widely Held Firm: A History of Corporate Ownership in Canada - Randall K. Morck, Michael Percy, Gloria Y. Tian, and Bernard Yeung Comment: Jordan Siegel
2. The History of Corporate Ownership in China: State Patronage, Company Legislation, and the Issue of Control - William Goetzmann and Elisabeth Köll Comment: Dwight H. Perkins
3. Corporate Ownership in France: The Importance of History - Antoin E. Murphy Comment: Daniel Raff
4. The History of Corporate Ownership and Control in Germany - Caroline Fohlin Comment: Alexander Dyck
5. The Evolution of Concentrated Ownership in India: Broad Patterns and a History of the Indian Software Industry - Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu Comment: Ashoka Mody
6. The History of Corporate Ownership in Italy - Alexander Aganin and Paolo Volpin Comment: Daniel Wolfenzon
7. A Frog in a Well Knows Nothing of the Ocean: A History of Corporate Ownership in Japan - Randall K. Morck and Masao Nakamura Comment: Sheldon Garon
8. Financing and Control in The Netherlands: A Historical Perspective - Abe de Jong and Ailsa Röell Comment: Peter Högfeldt
9. The History and Politics of Corporate Ownership in Sweden - Peter Högfeldt Comment: Ailsa Röell
10. Spending Less Time with the Family: The Decline of Family Ownership in the United Kingdom - Julian Franks, Colin Mayer, and Stefano Rossi Comment: Barry Eichengreen
11. Why Has There Been So Little Block Holding in America? - Marco Becht and J. Bradford DeLong Comment: Richard Sylla
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Author Index
Subject Index