2003
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-71402003000300001
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The mechanisms of corporate governance in the United States: an assessment

Abstract: Summary: 1. Introduction; 2. The shortage of large active investors in American publicly held firms; 3. The mechanisms of corporate governance in the United States; 4. Incentive-based compensation contracts; 5. Debt; 6. Concluding remarks.Keywords: corporate governance; United States; board of directors; proxy contests; hostile takeovers; the market for corporate control; tender offers; incomplete contracts. JEL codes: G30; G32; G34.This paper aims at evaluating the mechanisms of corporate governance currently… Show more

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“…Nos EUA predomina o mercado de capitais no financiamento das empresas, ao lado de padrões de governança corporativa marcados pelo controle das gerências sobre a gestão, no âmbito de um padrão pulverizado de propriedade acionária (Abelshauser, 2005;Gourevitch e Shinn, 2005;Aldrighi, 2003;Novaes, 2004;Rabelo e Silveira, 1999;Guimarães, 2007). Nas relações industriais prevalecem os contratos precá-rios e atomizados, e sindicatos, em geral, frágeis.…”
Section: Domínios Institucionais Das Variedades De Capitalismounclassified
“…Nos EUA predomina o mercado de capitais no financiamento das empresas, ao lado de padrões de governança corporativa marcados pelo controle das gerências sobre a gestão, no âmbito de um padrão pulverizado de propriedade acionária (Abelshauser, 2005;Gourevitch e Shinn, 2005;Aldrighi, 2003;Novaes, 2004;Rabelo e Silveira, 1999;Guimarães, 2007). Nas relações industriais prevalecem os contratos precá-rios e atomizados, e sindicatos, em geral, frágeis.…”
Section: Domínios Institucionais Das Variedades De Capitalismounclassified
“…However, in civil law countries, legal regulations do not sufficiently protect shareholders, leading to a more concentrated ownership in order to control managers from inside the company and thus diminish agency costs. As in the first case, shareholders are more dispersed, one seldom sees representatives of shareholders on the board of directors in such Anglo-Saxon countries as the United States and the United Kingdom, but rather executives or ex-executives and some independent representatives (Barca and Becht 2001; Bhagat and Black 1998;Black and Coffee 1994;Charkham 1994;Faccio and Lange 2002;Fama and Jensen 1983;Gugler 2001;Gugler and Mueller 2004;Jensen 1993;Mak and Li 2001;Mendes 2003;Rosenstien and Wyatt 1990;Shleifer and Vishny 1997;Short et al 2002;Weisbach 1988). This means that the board of directors is poorly suited to monitoring managers (Mendes 2003).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Control is performed externally by the market, the market for products, managers and/or by the stock market (Fama 1980). Mendes (2003) analyses the pitfall that can be incurred in the control by the market of products and the stock market. In civil law countries with more concentrated ownership one often finds the representatives of large shareholders on the board of directors which means that they can monitor the managers from inside (Barca and Becht 2001; Berglöf and Perotti 1994;Charkham 1994;Franks and Mayer 1994;Gorton and Schmid 1996;Gugler 2001;Holderness and Sheehan 1988;Kaplan and Minton 1994).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Levando em consideração os elementos apontados como importantes para a identificação das diferentes configurações da economia capitalista, nos EUA predomina o mercado de capitais no financiamento das empresas, ao lado de padrões de governança corporativa marcados pelo controle das gerências sobre a gestão, no âmbito de um padrão pulverizado de propriedade acionária (ABELSHAUSER, 2005;GOUREVITCH & SHINN, 2005;ALDRIGHI, 2003;NOVAES, 2004;RABELO E SILVEIRA, 1999;GUIMARÃES, 2007). Nas relações industriais prevalecem os contratos precários e atomizados e sindicatos, em geral, frágeis.…”
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