Gatekeepers : the professions and corporate governance / John C. Coffee Jr.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Corporate governance.

Professions.

Professional advisors (Corporations)

1. Introduction --2. The failure of the gatekeepers --3. Explaining gatekeeper failure --4. A comparative perspective --5. The rise, fall, and redefinition of the auditor: from bookkeeper to professional to information consultant --6. Corporate attorneys as gatekeepers: the short history of a developing concept --7. Securities analysts --8. The ratings agencies --9. What went wrong? --10. What should work? (and how to get there) --11 Conclusions: the future of gatekeeping.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780199288090

389 p.