Corporate governance, competition, and political parties : explaining corporate governance change in Europe / Roger M. Barker.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [292]-324) and index.

Introduction : political partisanship and the puzzle of corporate governance change in Europe -- A theory of partisanship and coporate governance change -- Alternative explanations of corporate governance : a critique of the literature -- Measuring change in corporate governance -- The measurement of product market competition -- A panel data analysis of corporate governance change -- Robustness and dynamic modeling -- Qualitative analysis : introduction to the case studies -- The case of Germany : from blockholding to hybrid coporate governance regime -- The case of Italy : everything changes, everything stays the same.