Unions compress the wage distribution among workers covered by union contracts. We ask whether unions also have an effect on the mangers of unionized firms. To this end we collected and assembled data on unionization and managerial pay within firms and industries in the US and across countries....

This paper models the process of policy making at the top level of the firm: its board of directors. Directors are expected to both advise and monitor the CEO to ensure that shareholders' wealth is maximized. The more independent directors are the better they will fullfil this fiduciary duty....

This paper elaborates on the criteria derived from economic analysis to fix when the post-socialist economic transition will end up. The fifth European Union enlargement is more a symbol than such a criterion, since the new member states will wait during a second transition period until enjoying...