Taking shareholder protection seriously? : Corporate governance in the United States and Germany
- The attitude expressed by Carl Fuerstenberg, a leading German banker of his time, succinctly embodies one of the principal issues facing the large enterprise – the divergence of interest between the management of the firm and outside equity shareholders. Why do, or should, investors put some of their savings in the hands of others, to expend as they see fit, with no commitment to repayment or a return? The answers are far from simple, and involve a complex interaction among a number of legal rules, economic institutions and market forces. Yet crafting a viable response is essential to the functioning of a modern economy based upon technology with scale economies whose attainment is dependent on the creation of large firms.
| Author: | Theodor BaumsGND, Kenneth E. Scott |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-8613 |
| URL: | http://www.ilf-frankfurt.de/uploads/media/ILF_WP_016.pdf |
| Parent Title (German): | Working paper series / Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Institute for Law and Finance ; 16 |
| Series (Serial Number): | Working paper / Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Institut for Law and Finance (16) |
| Publisher: | Inst. for Law and Finance |
| Place of publication: | Frankfurt am Main |
| Document Type: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2003 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2003 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2005/04/29 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 135264545 |
| Institutes: | Rechtswissenschaft / Rechtswissenschaft |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 34 Recht / 340 Recht |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
