Corporate governance and board effectiveness (original) (raw)
1998, Journal of Banking & Finance
This paper surveys the empirical and theoretical literature on the mechanisms of corporate governance. We focus on the internal mechanisms of corporate governance (e.g., corporate board of directors) and their role in ameliorating various classes of agency problems arising from con¯icts of interests between managers and equityholders, equityholders and creditors, and capital contributors and other stakeholders to the corporate ®rm. We also examine the substitution eect between internal mechanisms of corporate governance and external mechanisms, particularly markets for corporate control. Directions for future research are provided. Ó 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classi®cation: G30; G32
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