CESifo Forum 3/2002 (Autumn)

Focus: Corporate governance: Corporate governance (Alan Greenspan) / Corporate governance and shareholder value: How did we get here and where are we going? (Fred R. Kaen) / Corporate governance in the UK - contrasted with the US system (Julian Franks and Colin Mayer) / Power, rent extraction, and executive compensation (Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried); Pro and Contra: National accounting rules in a globalised world: Pro: Should the world embrace a single set of accounting standards? (Robert E. Litan) / Contra: The best of both Worlds (Hanno Merkt); Special: The euro in Central and Eastern Europe - survey evidence from five countries / Poland's road to the euro: A review of options; Spotlights: Electric energy exchanges gain in importance / Another oil price spike? / Temporary agency employment in the European Union; DICE Reports: Results of PISA 2000: The case of Germany; WES: Ifo World Economic Survey; Trends: Statistics Update