Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Governance

Corporate governance is on the reform agenda all over the world. Is the Anglo-American model of shareholder capitalism destined to become the global corporate governance standard or will important differences persist? Well-known scholars address this question with sophisticated political economy analysis geared to the legal frameworks. The Enron scandal has stirred up an urgent round of corporate governance questioning. Will it stop a convergence that was in the works? This volume offers interesting insights into this question.

Jeffrey N. Gordon is the Alfred W. Bressler Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Law and Economic Studies at the Columbia Law School, where he teaches corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, comparative corporate governance, and a course on regulation Mark J. Roe is the Berg Professor of Corporate Law at the Harvard Law School, where he teaches corporate law and bankruptcy