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A Property Theory Perspective On Russian Enterprise Reform, Michael Heller Jan 2001

A Property Theory Perspective On Russian Enterprise Reform, Michael Heller

Book Chapters

Why have Russian enterprises performed so poorly since privatization? This is a problem with many answers, each independently sufficient: the bleak mix includes vacillating macroeconomic policy, endemic corruption, a corrosive tax structure, poor human capital, and so forth. Even well-performing companies must hide good results because visible profits or dividends provoke confiscatory taxation and mafia visits. In such a difficult environment, the rule of law generally, and corporate governance in particular, may seem not to count. Macroeconomic implosions dwarf subtle distinctions in corporate dividend rules or minority voting rights.


Trust, Trustworthiness, And The Behavioral Foundations Of Corporate Law, Margaret M. Blair, Lynn A. Stout Jan 2001

Trust, Trustworthiness, And The Behavioral Foundations Of Corporate Law, Margaret M. Blair, Lynn A. Stout

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Conventional legal and economic analysis assumes that opportunistic behavior is discouraged and that cooperation is encouraged within firms primarily through the use of legal and market incentives. This presumption is embedded in the modern view that the corporation is best described as a "nexus of contracts, " a collection of explicit and implicit agreements voluntarily negotiated among the rationally selfish parties who join in the corporate enterprise. In this Article we take a different approach. We start from the observation that, in many circumstances, legal and market sanctions provide, at best, imperfect means of regulating behavior within the firm. We …


Director Accountability And The Mediating Role Of The Corporate Board, Margaret M. Blair, Lynn A. Stout Jan 2001

Director Accountability And The Mediating Role Of The Corporate Board, Margaret M. Blair, Lynn A. Stout

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

One of the most pressing questions facing both corporate scholars and businesspeople today is how corporate directors can be made accountable. Before addressing this issue, however, it seems important to consider two antecedent questions: To whom should directors be accountable? And for what?

Contemporary corporate scholarship often starts from a "shareholder primacy" perspective that holds that directors of public corporations ought to be accountable only to the shareholders, and ought to be accountable only for maximizing the value of the shareholders' shares. This perspective rests on the conventional contractarian assumption that the shareholders are the sole residual claimants and …


Accountability Of Multinational Corporations: The Barriers Presented By Concepts Of The Corporate Juridical Entity, Phillip Blumberg Jan 2001

Accountability Of Multinational Corporations: The Barriers Presented By Concepts Of The Corporate Juridical Entity, Phillip Blumberg

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.


Leach Keynote Address, James A. Leach Jan 2001

Leach Keynote Address, James A. Leach

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Strategic Planning For Financial Institutions In A New Legal And Economic Environment, Carl Felsenfeld, William T. Lifland, Ernest T. Patrikis, Frank Scifo, William J. Sweet Jr. Jan 2001

Strategic Planning For Financial Institutions In A New Legal And Economic Environment, Carl Felsenfeld, William T. Lifland, Ernest T. Patrikis, Frank Scifo, William J. Sweet Jr.

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


The Policy Aspect, Consumer Data Privacy, Clyde Mitchell, Carl Howard, Oliver I. Ireland, Joel R. Reidenberg, Jay N. Soloway Jan 2001

The Policy Aspect, Consumer Data Privacy, Clyde Mitchell, Carl Howard, Oliver I. Ireland, Joel R. Reidenberg, Jay N. Soloway

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


The New Policy Agenda For Financial Services, Richard S. Carnell Jan 2001

The New Policy Agenda For Financial Services, Richard S. Carnell

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


The Critical Issue Of Standing Under Section 11 Of The Securities Act Of 1933, Paul C. Curnin, Christine M. Ford Jan 2001

The Critical Issue Of Standing Under Section 11 Of The Securities Act Of 1933, Paul C. Curnin, Christine M. Ford

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Lessons To Be Learned: The Conflict In International Antitrust Law Contrasted With Progress In International Financial Law, William P. Connolly Jan 2001

Lessons To Be Learned: The Conflict In International Antitrust Law Contrasted With Progress In International Financial Law, William P. Connolly

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


A Tribute To Sec Chairman Arthur Levitt: Inaugural A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecturer In Corporate Securities & Financial Law, John D. Ferrick Jan 2001

A Tribute To Sec Chairman Arthur Levitt: Inaugural A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecturer In Corporate Securities & Financial Law, John D. Ferrick

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Costs Paid With Other People's Money - Inaugural Address, A.A. Sommer, Jr. Annual Lecture In Corporate, Securities & Financial Law, Arthur Levitt Jan 2001

Costs Paid With Other People's Money - Inaugural Address, A.A. Sommer, Jr. Annual Lecture In Corporate, Securities & Financial Law, Arthur Levitt

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


The Sec's Regulation Fd, Richard L. Anderson, David Becker, Harvey L. Goldschmid, Eric D. Roiter, Susan E. Wolf, Alex Zisson, Jill E. Fisch Jan 2001

The Sec's Regulation Fd, Richard L. Anderson, David Becker, Harvey L. Goldschmid, Eric D. Roiter, Susan E. Wolf, Alex Zisson, Jill E. Fisch

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


The Resolution Of Securities Disputes, Constantine N. Katsoris Jan 2001

The Resolution Of Securities Disputes, Constantine N. Katsoris

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


The Sec's "Fair Value" Standard For Mutual Fund Investment In Restricted Shares And Other Illiquid Securities , Janet Kiholm Smith Dr. Jan 2001

The Sec's "Fair Value" Standard For Mutual Fund Investment In Restricted Shares And Other Illiquid Securities , Janet Kiholm Smith Dr.

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Dedication Of The Fordham Center For Corporate, Securities And Financial Law, John D. Feerick Jan 2001

Dedication Of The Fordham Center For Corporate, Securities And Financial Law, John D. Feerick

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


The Hot Ipo Phenomenon And The Great Internet Bust, Andres Rueda Jan 2001

The Hot Ipo Phenomenon And The Great Internet Bust, Andres Rueda

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Analyst Liability And The Internet Bubble: The Morgan Stanley/Mary Meeker Cases, Jaimee L. Campbell Jan 2001

Analyst Liability And The Internet Bubble: The Morgan Stanley/Mary Meeker Cases, Jaimee L. Campbell

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


An Overview Of Derivatives Litigation, 1994 To 2000, John D. Finnerty Jan 2001

An Overview Of Derivatives Litigation, 1994 To 2000, John D. Finnerty

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Small Business Reorganization And The Sabre Proposals, Karen M. Gebbia-Pinett Jan 2001

Small Business Reorganization And The Sabre Proposals, Karen M. Gebbia-Pinett

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Muddy Rules For Securitizations, Edward J. Janger Jan 2001

Muddy Rules For Securitizations, Edward J. Janger

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Bankruptcy Reform On "True Sale" Determination In Securitization Transactions, Steven Schwarcz Jan 2001

The Impact Of Bankruptcy Reform On "True Sale" Determination In Securitization Transactions, Steven Schwarcz

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Revised Article 9, The Proposed Bankruptcy Code Amendments And Securitizing Debtors And Their Creditors, Lois R. Lupica Jan 2001

Revised Article 9, The Proposed Bankruptcy Code Amendments And Securitizing Debtors And Their Creditors, Lois R. Lupica

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Means Testing Consumer Bankruptcy: The Problem Of Means, Jean Braucher Jan 2001

Means Testing Consumer Bankruptcy: The Problem Of Means, Jean Braucher

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


The Problem Of Corporate Groups, A Comment On Professor Ziegel, Robert K. Rasmussen Jan 2001

The Problem Of Corporate Groups, A Comment On Professor Ziegel, Robert K. Rasmussen

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


The Soft-Landing Fallacy And Consumer Debtors, Barry E. Adler Jan 2001

The Soft-Landing Fallacy And Consumer Debtors, Barry E. Adler

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Comment On Means Testing Consumer Bankruptcy By Jean Braucher, Eric Posner Jan 2001

Comment On Means Testing Consumer Bankruptcy By Jean Braucher, Eric Posner

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Lesson From The Trenches: Debtor Educator In Theory And Practice, Susan Block-Lieb, Karen Gross, Richard L. White Jan 2001

Lesson From The Trenches: Debtor Educator In Theory And Practice, Susan Block-Lieb, Karen Gross, Richard L. White

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Mandatory Bankruptcy Counseling: The Canadian Experience, Lain Ramsay Jan 2001

Mandatory Bankruptcy Counseling: The Canadian Experience, Lain Ramsay

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.


Limited Liability Companies In The Decade Of The 1990'S. Legislative And Case Law Developments And Their Implications For The Future, Charles W. Murdock Jan 2001

Limited Liability Companies In The Decade Of The 1990'S. Legislative And Case Law Developments And Their Implications For The Future, Charles W. Murdock

Faculty Publications & Other Works

No abstract provided.