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The City and Corporate Performance: Condemned or Exonerated?

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This paper summarizes the conventional wisdom concerning differences between financial systems. It argues that many of them do not stand up to close scrutiny. Instead, it suggests that the main differences concern the concentration and nature of ownership. Systems with high concentrations of ownership (frequently in the hands of families and other companies) may encourage more direct monitoring and control, greater stability in decision-taking, and greater commitment to other stakeholders than systems with more dispersed ownership. On the other hand, they are more subject to the private benefits of control and less flexible in responding to external factors. Different systems may, therefore, be suited to different types of corporate activity. Instead of seeking to impose uniform forms of corporate governance, the paper concludes that regulation should be permissive in allowing companies to choose their preferred forms of ownership and control. Copyright 1997 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Mayer, Colin, 1997. "The City and Corporate Performance: Condemned or Exonerated?," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 21(2), pages 291-302, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cambje:v:21:y:1997:i:2:p:291-302
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    1. Toms, J.S., 2010. "The labour theory of value, risk and the rate of profit," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 21(1), pages 96-103.
    2. Catherine C. Benjamin & Euan Phimister & . Royal Economic Society,londres (gbr), 1999. "Does loan type affect investment ? A comparison using French and British farm level panel data [Influence des sources de financements sur les décisions d'investissement des exploitations agricoles.," Post-Print hal-02838149, HAL.
    3. Howells, John, 2003. "Financial techniques, institutions and innovation," Working Papers 2003-3, University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Management.
    4. Torben Pedersen & Steen Thomsen, 1999. "Economic and Systemic Explanations of Ownership Concentration among Europe's Largest Companies," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(3), pages 367-381.
    5. Ariane Chapelle, 2004. "Block investments and the race for corporate control in Belgium," Working Papers CEB 04-019.RS, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

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