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Research and Working Papers - Corporate Governance

Rigorous research methods are applied to understand the choice and performance consequences of corporate governance. The Rock Center supports scholarship on a wide range of corporate governance related issues.

Research and Working Paper Series
The Rock Center for Corporate Governance
Working Paper Series is located on the Corporate Governance Network, Social Science Research Network (SSRN)


Highlighted Research

    image of Professor Anat Admatiimage of Profesor Paul Pfleiderer

    Doing the “Wall Street Walk” as a Kind of Shareholder Activism
    For years major shareholders have registered their dissatisfaction corporate management through the Wall Street Walk, selling their shares. Business School researchers Anat Admati and Paul Pfleiderer find that this threat—with its potential to cause a stock price fall—can significantly impact the behavior of top management in the firm in question.

    Prof. Alan Jagolinzer

    Research Underpins SEC Scrutiny of Scheduled Insider Trades
    Stanford GSB News, July 2009
    In the wake of alleged misconduct by executives at Countrywide Savings, Novatel, and Qwest, research by Stanford accounting professor Alan Jagolinzer may be prompting the Securities and Exchange Commission to rethink rules that permit scheduled trading by insiders.

    Image of Darrell Duffie

    A Central Clearing House Doesn’t Reduce CDS Risk
    Stanford GSB News, April 2009
    A plan by global financial regulators to fix the mess created by the misuse of credit default swaps is flawed, says Darrell Duffie, professor of finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

    image of David F. Larcker

    How Good Are Commercial Corporate Governance Ratings?
    Stanford GSB News, June 2008
    A study by Stanford law and business faculty members casts strong doubt upon the value and validity of the ratings of governance advisory firms that compile indexes to evaluate the effectiveness of a publicly held company’s governance practices. “Everyone would agree that corporate governance is a good thing,” said Business School Professor David Larcker, “but can you measure it without even talking to the companies being rated?”

    Research Paper:
    Rating the Ratings: How Good Are Commercial Governance Ratings?" PDF icon (June 2008)