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Marco Becht

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Affiliation

(19%) European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium
http://www.ecgi.org/
RePEc:edi:ecgibbe (more details at EDIRC)

(80%) European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium
http://ecares.org/
RePEc:edi:arulbbe (more details at EDIRC)

(1%) Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom
http://www.cepr.org/
RePEc:edi:cebruuk (more details at EDIRC)

Research output

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Working papers

  1. Marco BECHT & Julian FRANKS & MIYAJIMA Hideaki & SUZUKI Kazunori, 2023. "Does Paying Passive Managers to Engage Improve ESG Performance?," Discussion papers 23077, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
  2. Becht, Marco & Franks, Julian & Wagner, Hannes, 2021. "The Benefits of Access: Evidence from Private Meetings with Portfolio Firms," CEPR Discussion Papers 16337, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  3. Marco BECHT & Julian FRANKS & MIYAJIMA Hideaki & SUZUKI Kazunori, 2021. "Outsourcing Active Ownership in Japan," Discussion papers 21051, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
  4. Becht, Marco & Kamisarenka, Yuliya & Pajuste, Anete, 2018. "Loyalty Shares with Tenure Voting - a Coasian bargain? Evidence from the Loi Florange Experiment," CEPR Discussion Papers 12892, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  5. Franks, Julian & Becht, Marco & Wagner, Hannes & Grant, Jeremy, 2015. "The Returns to Hedge Fund Activism: An International Study," CEPR Discussion Papers 10507, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  6. Becht, Marco & Rossi, Stefano & Polo, Andrea, 2015. "Does Mandatory Shareholder Voting Prevent Bad Acquisitions?," CEPR Discussion Papers 10506, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  7. Marco Becht & Patrick Bolton & Ailsa Roell, 2011. "Why Bank Governance is Different," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/137433, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  8. Marco Becht & Julian Franks & Colin Mayer & Stefano Rossi, 2008. "Returns to Shareholder Activism," OFRC Working Papers Series 2008fe07, Oxford Financial Research Centre.
  9. Colin Mayer & Marco Becht, 2008. "Where Do Firms Incorporate? Deregulation and the Cost of Entry," Economics Series Working Papers 2008fe04, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
  10. Colin Mayer & Marco Becht, 2008. "Returns to Shareholder Activism Evidence from a Clinical Study of the Hermes U.K. Focus Fund," Economics Series Working Papers 2008fe07, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
  11. Marco Becht & Patrick Bolton & Ailsa Roell, 2007. "Corporate law and governance," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13322, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  12. Marco Becht & Luis Correia Da Silva, 2007. "The European union: a global regulator in financial services," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13320, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  13. Mayer, Colin & Becht, Marco & Wagner, Hannes, 2006. "Where Do Firms Incorporate?," CEPR Discussion Papers 5875, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  14. Marco Becht & J. Bradford Delong, 2005. "Why has there been so little blockholding in the United States?," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13324, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  15. Marco Becht & Tim Jenkinson & Colin Mayer, 2005. "Corporate governance: an assessment," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13308, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  16. Marco Becht, 2004. "Reciprocity in takeovers," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13326, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  17. Marco Becht & Ekkehart Boehmer, 2003. "Voting control in German corporations," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13312, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  18. Marco Becht & Colin Mayer, 2003. "European corporate governance: harmonisation versus competition," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13328, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  19. Patrick Bolton & Marco Becht & Alisa Röell, 2002. "Corporate Governance and Control," NBER Working Papers 9371, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  20. Marco Becht & Colin Mayer, 2001. "Corporate control in Europe," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13338, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  21. Marco Becht & Colin Mayer, 2001. "Introduction," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13332, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  22. Marco Becht & Ekkehart Boehmer, 2001. "Ownership and voting power in Germany," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13334, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  23. Marco Becht, 2001. "European disclosure for the new millennium," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13340, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  24. Marco Becht & Fabrizio Barca, 2001. "The control of corporate Europe," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13302, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  25. Marco Becht, 2001. "Beneficial ownership in the United States," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13336, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  26. Mathias Dewatripont & Marco Becht & Philippe Weil, 2000. "Commission impossible," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/9717, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  27. Marco Becht, 1999. "European corporate governance: trading off liquidity against control," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13314, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  28. Marco Becht & Ailsa Roell, 1999. "Blockholdings in Europe: an international comparison," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13316, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  29. Becht, M.C. & Chapelle, A. & Renneboog, L.D.R., 1999. "Shareholding Cascades : The Separation of Ownership and Control in Belgium," Discussion Paper 1999-96, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
  30. Ariane Chapelle & Marco Becht, 1997. "Ownership and control in Belgium," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/9979, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  31. Becht, M. & Böhmer, E., 1997. "Transparency of Ownership and Control in Germany," SFB 373 Discussion Papers 1997,91, Humboldt University of Berlin, Interdisciplinary Research Project 373: Quantification and Simulation of Economic Processes.
  32. Marco Becht, 1995. "The theory and estimation of individual and social welfare measures," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/13318, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  33. J. Bradford De Long & Marco Becht, 1995. ""Excess Volatility" and the German Stock Market, 1870-1990," Economic History 9509002, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  34. Marco Becht, 1994. "The Theory and Estimation of Individual and Social Welfare Measures: A Critical Review," Working Papers wp1994_9409, CEMFI.
  35. Marco Becht & Carlos Ramírez, 1994. "Financial Capitalism in Pre-World-War I Germany: Universal Banks, Interlocking Directorships and the Mining an Steel Industry," Working Papers wp1994_9410, CEMFI.
  36. J. Bradford De Long & Marco Becht, 1992. ""Excess Volatility" and the German Stock Market, 1876-1990," NBER Working Papers 4054, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  37. J. Bradford De Long & Marco Becht, "undated". "`Excess Volatility' in the German Stock Market, 1876-1990," J. Bradford De Long's Working Papers _134, University of California at Berkeley, Economics Department.

Articles

  1. Colin Mayer & Luigi Zingales & Patrick Bolton & Sophie L'Helias & Bengt Holmström & Paul Polman & Claudine Gartenberg & Caroline Flammer & Rebecca Henderson & Jordi Gual & Baroness Denise Kingsmill & , 2021. "IESE ECGI CONFERENCE ON CORPORATE PURPOSE: Can Purpose Deliver Better Corporate Governance?," Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Morgan Stanley, vol. 33(2), pages 41-94, June.
  2. Marco Becht & Andrea Polo & Stefano Rossi, 2021. "Should Shareholders Have a Say on Acquisitions?," Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Morgan Stanley, vol. 33(1), pages 48-57, March.
  3. Marco Becht & Yuliya Kamisarenka & Anete Pajuste, 2020. "Loyalty Shares with Tenure Voting: Does the Default Rule Matter? Evidence from the Loi Florange Experiment," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 63(3), pages 473-499.
  4. Marco Becht & Julian Franks & Jeremy Grant & Hannes Wagner, 2019. "The Early Returns to International Hedge Fund Activism: 2000–2010," Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Morgan Stanley, vol. 31(1), pages 62-80, March.
  5. Marco Becht & Andrea Polo & Stefano Rossi, 2019. "Does Mandatory Shareholder Voting Prevent Bad Acquisitions? The Case of the United Kingdom," Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Morgan Stanley, vol. 31(1), pages 42-61, March.
  6. Marco Becht & Julian Franks & Jeremy Grant & Hannes F. Wagner, 2017. "Returns to Hedge Fund Activism: An International Study," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 30(9), pages 2933-2971.
  7. Marco Becht & Andrea Polo & Stefano Rossi, 2016. "Does Mandatory Shareholder Voting Prevent Bad Acquisitions?," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 29(11), pages 3035-3067.
  8. Marco Becht & Patrick Bolton & Ailsa Röell, 2011. "Why bank governance is different," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 27(3), pages 437-463.
  9. Marco Becht & Julian Franks & Colin Mayer & Stefano Rossi, 2009. "Returns to Shareholder Activism: Evidence from a Clinical Study of the Hermes UK Focus Fund," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 22(8), pages 3093-3129, August.
  10. Becht, Marco & Mayer, Colin & Wagner, Hannes F., 2008. "Where do firms incorporate? Deregulation and the cost of entry," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 241-256, June.
  11. Marco Becht, 2005. "Corporate Governance: An Assessment," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 21(2), pages 155-163, Summer.
  12. Marco Becht & Carlos D. Ramírez, 2003. "Does Bank Affiliation Mitigate Liquidity Constraints? Evidence from Germany's Universal Banks in the Pre‐World War I Period," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 70(2), pages 254-272, October.
  13. Becht, Marco & Boehmer, Ekkehart, 2003. "Voting control in German corporations," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 23(1), pages 1-29, March.
  14. Marco Becht & Colin Mayer, 2002. "Corporate control in Europe," Revue d'économie politique, Dalloz, vol. 112(4), pages 471-498.
  15. Marco Becht & Magda Bianco & Colin Mayer, 2001. "Il controllo delle imprese europee," Banca Impresa Società, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 2, pages 221-236.
  16. Becht, Marco & Roell, Ailsa, 1999. "Blockholdings in Europe:: An international comparison1," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 43(4-6), pages 1049-1056, April.
  17. Becht, Marco, 1999. "European corporate governance: Trading off liquidity against control," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 43(4-6), pages 1071-1083, April.
  18. Becht, Marco, 1995. "The Theory and Estimation of Individual and Social Welfare Measures," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 9(1), pages 53-87, March.

Chapters

  1. Marco Becht & Julian Franks & Colin Mayer & Stefano Rossi, 2010. "Returns to Shareholder Activism: Evidence from a Clinical Study of the Hermes UK Focus Fund," NBER Chapters, in: Corporate Governance, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Becht, Marco & Bolton, Patrick & Röell, Ailsa, 2007. "Corporate Law and Governance," Handbook of Law and Economics, in: A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell (ed.), Handbook of Law and Economics, edition 1, volume 2, chapter 12, pages 829-943, Elsevier.
  3. Marco Becht & J. Bradford DeLong, 2005. "Why Has There Been So Little Block Holding in America?," NBER Chapters, in: A History of Corporate Governance around the World: Family Business Groups to Professional Managers, pages 613-666, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Becht, Marco & Bolton, Patrick & Roell, Ailsa, 2003. "Corporate governance and control," Handbook of the Economics of Finance, in: G.M. Constantinides & M. Harris & R. M. Stulz (ed.), Handbook of the Economics of Finance, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 1, pages 1-109, Elsevier.

Books

  1. Barca, Fabrizio & Becht, Marco (ed.), 2002. "The Control of Corporate Europe," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199257539.
  2. Barca, Fabrizio & Becht, Marco (ed.), 2001. "The Control of Corporate Europe," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199247424.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 6 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (3) 2015-03-27 2018-05-07 2018-05-14
  2. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (2) 2006-11-04 2015-03-27
  3. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (2) 2002-12-09 2018-05-14
  4. NEP-EUR: Microeconomic European Issues (2) 2018-05-07 2018-05-14
  5. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (2) 2006-11-04 2008-02-09
  6. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (1) 2006-11-04
  7. NEP-EEC: European Economics (1) 2006-11-04
  8. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2018-05-14
  9. NEP-IND: Industrial Organization (1) 2008-02-09
  10. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (1) 2018-05-07
  11. NEP-REG: Regulation (1) 2008-02-09

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