European Corporate Governance: a Thematic Analysis of National Codes of Governance
使用潜在语义分析技术研究23个欧盟国家的公司治理准则，发现五个共同主题及其在国家间的差异，并指出准则主题的聚类与法律分类不完全一致，准则发布者身份影响主题内容，且未发现向英美模式全面趋同的证据。
Abstract Using Latent Semantic Analysis techniques to analyse the corporate governance codes of 23 EU nations, we obtain a number of new findings regarding their thematic content, variability, and convergence. We determine that these codes can be decomposed into five common themes, with substantial cross‐sectional variability in their relative importance. We also find that the themes contained in these codes cluster in ways that are not fully consistent with the legal regime classifications of La Porta et al. (1997) , leading us to construct two new country clusters. We further discover that the identity of the code issuer (e.g., government versus stock exchange) is important in explaining a code's primary theme as well as changes in theme prominence over time. Finally, we fail to find evidence of an unchecked thematic convergence towards an Anglo‐Saxon model of corporate governance, with some code themes converging to UK practices while others diverge.