The USA as a good comparator for UK in corporate governance

This paper aims to explore the reasons why the USA makes a good comparator for the UK when it comes to corporate governance.

The paper is largely theoretical.

The paper finds that the USA has become a laboratory for ideas in corporate governance and the UK can learn a lot in areas such as takeovers and shareholders’ rights.

The paper explains the reasons why the UK and the USA have dominated research literature in corporate governance. The findings and arguments raised throughout the paper are very original.