The European Corporate Governance
Institute (ECGI) is improving Corporate Governance through independent
scientific research and related activities.
The ECGI is an international scientific non-profit association, providing
a forum for debate and dialogue between academics, legislators and
practitioners, focusing on major corporate governance issues and thereby
promoting best practice.
Its primary role is to
undertake, commission and disseminate research on corporate governance.
Based upon impartial and objective research and the collective knowledge
and wisdom of our members, we can advise on the formulation of corporate
governance policy and development of best practice and undertake any other
activity that will improve understanding and exercise of corporate
governance. .
The European Corporate Governance Institute has close links with the Centre for Economic Policy Research
(CEPR) and co-operates with other institutions that are active in the
field, for example the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
and the Global Corporate Governance Forum (GCGF).
In seeking to achieve its aim of
improving corporate governance, ECGI acts as a focal point for academics
working on corporate governance in Europe and elsewhere, encouraging the
interaction between the different disciplines, such as economics, law,
finance and management.
Current ECGI Research Topics
include: Applied Econometrics and Macroeconomics | Auctions | Banking |
Capital markets | Commercial Law | Comparative Corporate Governance |
Contract Theory and Law and Economics | Corporate Control
| Corporate Finance | Corporate finance and financial
institutions | Corporate finance and governance |
Corporate Finance Theory | Corporate Governance |
Corporate Governance and Corporate Control | Corporate
Investment Models | Corporate Law | Cost of
capital | Costs of bankruptcy and financial distress |
Dividend Policy | Economics of art | Economics of
sports | Ethical investing | European Business Law
| European Community Law | Financial distress |
Financial Economics | Financial Institutions |
Financial Services Regulation | Financing of innovative
companies | Impact of taxation on corporate financing
decisions | Industrial Economics | Initial Public
Offerings (IPOs) | Interaction of corporate finance with
investment and commercial banking | Intergenerational
Transfers | International Securities and Banking Regulation
| International Securities Regulation | Investment
banking | Investments | Law and economics |
Law and finance | Liquidity Constraints | Mergers
| Mergers and acquisitions | Portfolio Choice |
Portfolio management and performance evaluation | Pricing
anomalies | Proxy Voting | Rights issues |
Role of financial intermediation in economic development |
Saving | Securities Regulation | Tax Arbitrage
| Value Dimensions of Social Institutions | Venture
Capital | Venture capital and entrepreneurial finance
The
European Corporate Governance Institute articulates its work by expanding on the
activities of the European Corporate Governance Network, disseminating
research results and other relevant material through this website.
Compare also:
2004
OECD Corporate Governance Code |
Sarbanes-Oxley |
World Trade Organization |
IASB |
FASB |
Global Corporate Governance Forum
