FIN-98-045


Corporate Governance and Board Effectiveness

October 1997

Kose John, Lemma W Senbet

ABSTRACT
This paper surveys the empirical and theoretical literature on the mechanisms of corporate governance. We focus on the internat mechanisms of corporate governance (e.g., arising from conflicts of interests between managers and equityholders, equityholders and creditors, and capital contributors and other stakeholders to the corporate firm. We also examine the substitution effect between internal mechanisms of corporate governance and external mechanisms, particularly markets for corporate control. Directors for future research are provided.

John: (212) 998-0337 kjohn@stern.nyu.edu

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