Corporate Governance
Course code
ELEC808
Course type
Doctoral Program Lecture
Weekly Hours
2,0
ECTS
3
Term
FS 2023
Language
Englisch
Lecturers
Eliezer Fich
Please note that exchange students obtain a higher number of credits in the BSc-program at WHU than listed here. For further information please contact directly the International Relations Office.
Class dates
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Thursday, 17.08.2023 | 10:00 - 12:30 |
| Saturday, 19.08.2023 | 10:00 - 12:30 |
| Monday, 21.08.2023 | 10:00 - 12:30 |
| Wednesday, 23.08.2023 | 10:00 - 12:30 |
| Friday, 25.08.2023 | 10:00 - 12:30 |
| Tuesday, 29.08.2023 | 10:00 - 12:30 |
| Thursday, 31.08.2023 | 10:00 - 12:30 |
Literature
Read before our first meeting Shleifer, A., and R. Vishny, 1997, "A Survey of Corporate Governance,"Journal of Finance 52, 737-783.**Adams, R., B. Hermalin, and M. Weisbach, 2010, "The Role of Boards of Directors in Corporate Governance: A Conceptual Framework and Survey,"Journal of Economic Literature 48, 58-107.Bebchuk, L., and M. Weisbach, 2010, "The State of Corporate Governance Research,"Review of Financial Studies 23, 939-961.Edmans, A., 2013, "Blockholders and Corporate Governance,"Annual Review of Financial Economics, forthcoming.X. Gabaix and A. Landier, "Why has CEO pay increased so much?"Quarterly Journal of Economics 123, 49-100 (2008).S. Gillan, J. Hartzell, and R. Parrino, "Explicit vs. implicit contracts: Evidence from CEO employment agreements,"Journal of Finance 64, 1629-1655 (2009).C. Frydman and R. Saks, "Executive compensation: A new view from a long-run perspective, 1936-2005,"Review of Financial Studies 23, 2099-2138 (2010).** K. Murphy, "Executive compensation: Where we are, and how we got there," in G. Constantinides, M. Harris, and R. Stulz eds., Handbook of the Economics of Finance (Elsevier, 2013).