Corporate governance failures are all too frequent and their patterns and outcomes seem avoidably familiar. This book examines the findings of behavioural finance and economics that are most relevant to governance problems, and suggests potential solutions that are best suited to real-world practice and circumstance.

Cameron Elliott Gordon is Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, Australia.

1. Introduction 2. 'Neoclassical' corporate governance theory 3. Behavioural approaches to decision-making and analysis 4. Corporate governance failures and malfunctions: their etiologies 5. Towards a behavioural governance framework 6. The future understanding of corporate governance