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Corporate Governance of the Public Firm
Professor Mark J. Roe
3 classroom credits LAW-34090A Spring
In this course we will consider current academic thinking about corporate governance and ownership, divided among these topics: the business structure of the firm, the role of institutional investors in the public corporation, the foundations for venture capital markets, the role of gatekeepers in the Enron and related scandals, major differences in large firm corporate governance around the world, current thinking on jurisdictional competition in producing corporate law, and shareholder primacy. Prerequisite or co-requisite: Corporations or equivalent exposure to corporate law.