"Papers presented at a conference on 'New Ideas in Corporate Governance,' held in Barcelona in October 1998, organized by the Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC) and sponsored by the Institute Català de Finances (Generalitat de Cataluyna)"--P. vii
Includes bibliographical references and index
Corporate governance : does it matter? / Xavier Vives -- Corporate governance and competition / Franklin Allen and Douglas Gale -- On the economics and politics of corporate finance and corporate control / Martin Hellwig -- How do financial systems affect economic performance? / Wendy Carlin and Colin Mayer -- Information and governance in the Silicon Valley model / Masahiko Aoki -- The governance of the new enterprise / Raghuram G. Rajan and Luigi Zingales