The Shareholder–Manager Relationship and Its Impact on the Likelihood of Firm Bribery

Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling · Journal of Financial Economics · 1976 · 70.7K citations

Management, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +16

Separation of Ownership and Control

Eugene F. Fama, Michael C. Jensen · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1983 · 19.1K citations

Management, Contract Law, Corporate Governance +12

An Economic Theory of Democracy.

Edward C. Banfield, Anthony J. Downs · Midwest Journal of Political Science · 1958 · 18.9K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Political Science +12

Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach

Gary S. Becker · Journal of Political Economy · 1968 · 13.3K citations

Social Sciences, Business Economics, Economics +9

Large Shareholders and Corporate Control

Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · Journal of Political Economy · 1986 · 8.6K citations

Management, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +11