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ABERE, ANDREW E.
76 Mergers and Acquisitions in the Age of Wall Street: An Assessment (Abere, Andrew and Mark Glick) [ Edit ] New York Law School Law Review, Vol.. 35, No. 4, pp. 1095-1107, 1990

39 An Empirical Analysis of Alternative Rules for the Allocation of Legal Costs: Does Fee-Shifting Affect the Choice Between Settlement and Trial? (Abere, Andrew E.) [ Edit ] Date of last revision not available - Publication information not available

28 The Economics of Attorney Fee-Shifting Rules in Private Anti-trust Litigation (Abere, Andrew E.) [ Edit ] May, 1987 - Publication information not available

 
 
ACKERMAN, BRUCE A.
12 Two Kinds of Law and Economics (Ackerman, Bruce A. ) [ Edit ] August, 1985, Revue De La Recherche Juridique: Droit Prospectif Presses, Universitaires D'Aix-Marseille, 1986

2 Law and Economics in an Activist State (Ackerman, Bruce A..) [ Edit ] Reconstructing American Law, Harvard University Press, 1984

 
 
AYOTTE, KENNETH

321  Creditor Control and Conflict in Chapter 11,  Ayotte, Kenneth and Edward R. Morrison, January 8, 2008

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1081661

BAIRD, DOUGLAS G.

325  Adversary Proceedings in Bankruptcy:  A Sideshop, Baird, Douglas G. and Edward R. Morrison

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1065501

265  Serial Entrepreneurs and Small Business Bankruptcies, Baird, Douglas G. and Edward R. Morrison, January 4, 2005

 
 
BARENBERG, MARK
175 Labor Federalism in the United States: Lessons for International Labor Rights, Barenberg, Mark, Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 3, pp. 303-329, June 2000

88 The Political Economy of the Wagner Act: "Building a Corporation Order" In the Age of Mass Productivity, Barenberg, Mark, Harvard Law Review, Vol. 106, No. 7, pp. 1379-1496, May 1993

 
 
BEBCHUK, LUCIAN ARYE
131 A Theory of Path Dependence in Corporate Governance and Ownership, Bebchuk, Lucian Arye and Mark J. Roe, Stanford Law Review, Vol. 52, pp. 127-170, October 1999
 
 
BERKOWITZ, DANIEL
230  Trade, Law and Product Complexity, Berkowitz, Daniel, Johannes Moenius & Katharina Pistor, February 2003

195 Economic Development, Legality, and the Transplant Effect, Berkowitz, Daniel, Katharina Pistor & Jean-Francois Richard, September, 2001, published in European Economic Review

 
 
BHAGAT, SANJAI
143 Board Independence and Long-Term Performance, Bhagat, Sanjai and Bernard S. Black, Update of working paper # 112, February, 2000

137 The Uncertain Relationship Between Board Composition and Firm Performance, Bhagat, Sanjai and Bernard S. Black, Published in Corporate Governance: The State of the Art and Emerging Research, Klaus Hopt, Mark Roe & Eddy Wymeersch, eds., (Oxford Univ. Press 1998)

54 Business Lawyer, pp. 921-963, (1999)

112 Do Independent Directors Matter? Bhagat, Sanjai and Bernard S. Black, December 1996, Updated in working paper # 143, Published Csfla, No. 2

 
 
BLACK, BERNARD S.
287  Stability, Not Crisis:  Medical Malpractice Claim Outcomes in Texas, 1988-2002, Black, Bernard S., Charles M. Silver, David A. Hyman and William M. Sage
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=770844 

270  Stability, Not Crisis:  Medical Malpractice Claim Outcomes in Texas, 1988-2002, Black, Bernard, Charles Silver, David A. Hyman and William M. Sage

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=678601

166 Does Venture Capital Require an Active Stock Market? Black, Bernard S. and Ronald J. Gilson, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, pp. 36-48, Winter 1999

143 Board Independence and Long-Term Performance, Bhagat, Sanjai and Bernard S. Black, Update of working paper # 112, February, 2000

139 Information Asymmetry, The Internet, and Securities Offerings, Black, Bernard S., Journal of Small and Emerging Business Law, pp.91-99, 1998

138 General Principles of Company Law for Transition Economies, Black, Bernard S. et. al., December 1996, Publication information not available

137 The Uncertain Relationship Between Board Composition and Firm Performance, Bhagat, Sanjai and Bernard S. Black, Published in Corporate Governance: The State of the Art and Emerging Research, Klaus Hopt, Mark Roe & Eddy Wymeersch, eds., (Oxford Univ. Press 1998)

54 Business Lawyer, pp. 921-963, (1999)

129 Shareholder Activism and Corporate Governance in the United States, Black, Bernard S., The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law, 1998, Peter Newman, ed.

112 Do Independent Directors Matter?  Bhagat, Sanjai and Bernard S. Black, December 1996, Updated in working paper # 143, Published Csfla, No. 2

104 Corporate Law From Scratch, Black, Bernard S., Reinier H. Kraakman and Jonathan Hay, Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia, Roman Frydman, Cheryl W. Gray, and Andrzej Rapaczynski, Eds., World Bank/CEU Press, Vol. 2, Chap. 7, pp. 245-302, 1996

96 The Choice Between Markets and Central Planning in Regulating the U.S. Electricity Market, Black, Bernard S. and Richard J. Pierce Jr., Columbia Law Review, Vol. 93, No. 6, pp. 1339-1441, October 1993

90 Next Steps in Proxy Reform, Black, Bernard S., Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 18, pp. 1-55, 1992

89 Next Steps in Corporate Governance Reform: 13(d) Rules and Control Person Liability, Black, Bernard S., Modernizing US Securities Regulation: Economic and Legal Perspectives; Kenneth Lehn and Robert Kamphuis, Eds., pp. 197-209, Dec. 1992

82 Institutional Investors and the Politics of Corporate Governance, Black, Bernard S., Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, pp. 19-32, Fall 1992

79 The Value of Institutional Investor Monitoring: The Empirical Evidence, Black, Bernard S., UCLA Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 895-939

78  Disclosure, Not Censorship:  The Case for Proxy Reform, Black, Bernard S., The Journal of Corporation Law, University of Iowa, College of Law, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 49-86, Fall 1991

52 Agents Watching Agents: The Promise and Limits of Shareholder Voice, Black, Bernard S., UCLA Law Review, Vol. 39 No. 4, pp. 811-893, 1992

40 The Legal And Historical Contingency of Shareholder Passivity, Black, Bernard S., Michigan Law Review, Vol. 89, No. 3, pp. 520-609; December 1990

30 Is Corporate Law Trivial?: A Political and Economic Analysis, Black, Bernard S., Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 2, Winter 1990

 
 
BLAKE, HARLAN M.
10 Of Reason and Per Se Offenses in the Antitrust Law, Blake, Harlan M., December, 1984, Publication information not available
 
 
BROOK, RICHARD
51 Debt Covenants and Event Risk: The Practitioner as a Source of Evidence, Brook, Richard, Publication information not available
 
 
CAMERER, COLIN
225 Regulation for Conservatives: Behavioral Economics and the Case for 'Asymmetric Paternalism,' Camerer, Colin, Samuel Issacharoff, George Loewenstein, Ted O'Donoghue and Matthew Rabin
 
 
COFFEE, JR., JOHN C.

329  Accountability and Competition in Securities Class Actions:  Why "Exit" Works Better than "Voice" Coffee, Jr., John C., March 27, 2008

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1113845

304  Law and the Market:  The Impact of Enforcement, Coffee, Jr., John C.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=967482

293  Reforming the Securities Class Action:  An Essay On Deterrence and Its Implementation, Coffee, Jr., John C.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=893833

274  A Theory of Corporate Scandals:  Why the U.S. and Europe Differ, Coffee, Jr. ,John C., March 2005
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=694581

264  Causation By Presumption?  Why the Supreme Court Should Reject Phantom Losses and Reverse Broudo, Coffee,  Jr., John C., January 2005

237  Gatekeeper Failure and Reform:  The Challenge of Fashioning Relevant Reforms, Coffee, Jr., John C., September 2003

221  The Attorney As Gatekeeper:  An Agenda for the SEC, Coffee, Jr., John C.

214 What Caused Enron?: A Capsule Social and Economic History of the 1990's, Coffee, Jr., John C., January 20, 2003

207 Understanding Enron: It's About the Gatekeepers, Stupid, Coffee,  Jr., John C., July 30, 2002

205 RACING TOWARDS THE TOP?: The Impact of Cross-Listings and Stock Market Competition on International Corporate Governance, Coffee, Jr., John C., May 30, 2002

192 Competition Among Securities Markets: A Path Dependent Perspective, Coffee Jr., John C., April 1, 2002

191 The Acquiescent Gatekeeper: Reputational Intermediaries, Auditor Independence and the Governance of Accounting, Coffee, Jr., John C., May 21, 2001

183 Do Norms Matter?: A Cross-Country Examination of the Private Benefits of Control, Coffee, Jr., John C., January, 2001

182 THE RISE OF DISPERSED OWNERSHIP: The Role of Law in the Separation of Ownership and Control, Coffee, Jr., John C., January, 2001

179 Convergence and Its Critics: What Are The Preconditions to the Separation of Ownership and Control?, Coffee, Jr., John C., September 12, 2000, Published in Convergence and Diversity in Corporate Governance Regimes and Capital Markets, being published by Oxford University Press, 2001

158 Privatization and Corporate Governance: The Lessons from Securities Market Failure, Coffee, Jr., John C., October 20, 1999, Published in The Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 25, No. 1, Fall 1999

156 Class Action Accoutability: Reconciling Exit, Voice, and Loyalty in Representative Litigation, Coffee, Jr., John C., December 2, 1999, Columbia Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 2, pp. 370-439, March 2000

144 The Future as History: The Prospects for Global Convergence in Corporate Governance and its Implications,Coffee, Jr., John C., Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 93, No. 3, pp. 641-708, Spring 1999

106 Inventing a Corporate Monitor for Transitional Economics: The Uncertain Lessons from the Czech and Polish Experiences (Original Title) - Institutional Investors in Transitional Economies: Lessons from the Czech Experience, Coffee, Jr. John C., Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia, Roman Frydman, Cheryl W., Gray, and Andrzej Rapaczynski, Eds., World Bank/CEU Press, Vol. 1, Chap. 4, pp. 111-186, 1996

Comparative Corporate Governance - The State of the Art and Emerging Research, Edited by K.J. Hopt, H. Kanda, M.J. Roe, E. Wymeersch and S. Prigge, Oxford University Press 1998

80 Paradigms Lost: The Blurring of the Criminal and Civil Law Models -- And What Can Be Done About It, Coffee, Jr., John C., The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 101, No. 8, pp. 1875-1893, June 1992

55 Liquidity Versus Control: The Institutional Investor as Corporate Monitor, Coffee, Jr., John C., Columbia Law Review, Vol. 91, No. 6, pp. 1277-1368

54 Does "Unlawful" Mean "Criminal?": Reflections on the Disappearing Tort/Crime Distinction in American Law, Coffee, Jr., John C., Boston University Law Review, Vol. 71, pp. 201-252

53 Bondholder Coercion: The Problem of Constrained Choice in Debt Tender Offers and Recapitalizations, Coffee, Jr., John C., and William A. Klein, University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 1207-1273, Fall 1991

41 Coercive Debt Tender Offers: The Problem of Distorted Choice Revisited, Coffee, Jr., John C., New York Law Journal (NEXUS)

27 Theories of the Corporation and the Problems of Remedies: What Role for Private Ordering?  Coffee, Jr., John C., Brooklyn Law Review, 1987

22 The Regulation of Entrepreneurial Litigation: Balancing Fairness and Efficiency in the Large Class Action, Coffee, Jr., John C., Chicago Law Review, Summer 1987

17 Shareholders Versus Managers: The Strain in the Corporate Web, Coffee, Jr., John C., Michigan Law Review, pp. 1-109, (Oct. 1986 issue published in April 1987)

Knights, Raiders and Targets: The Impact of the Hostile Takeover, Coffee, Jr. John C.,  Louis Lowenstein, and Susan Rose-Ackerman, eds., Oxford University Press, pp. 77-134, 1988

13 Understanding the Plaintiff's Attorney: The Implications of Economic Theory for Private Enforcement of Law Through Class and Derivative Actions, Coffee, Jr., John C., Columbia Law Review, pp. 669-, May 1986

11 The Unfaithful Champion: The Plaintiff as Monitor in Shareholder Litigation, Coffee, Jr., John C.  Law and Contemporary Problems 5, Summer 1985

7 What Do Prosecutors Prosecute?  Coffee, Jr., John C., Richard Gruner and John J. Hansen, June 1984, Publication information not available

 
 
CRASWELL, RICHARD

296  The Law and Economics of Contracts, Hermalin, Benjamin E., Avery W. Katz and Richard Craswell

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=907678

DAINES, ROBERT
159 Does Delaware Law Improve Firm Value? Daines, Robert, November, 1999 Publication information not available
 
 
ECONOMIDES, NICHOLAS S.
21 The Economics of Trademarks, Economides, Nicholas, April, 1986, Publication information not available
 
 
EDWARDS, FRANKLIN R.
258  Derivatives and the Bankruptcy Code:  Why the Special Treatment?  Edwards, Franklin R. and Edward R. Morrison
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=589261#PaperDownload
EISENBERG, MELVIN A.
151 Corporate Law and Social Norms, Eisenberg, Melvin A., May 21, 1999, Publication information not available

150 The Conception that the Corporation is a Nexus of Contracts, and the Dual Nature of the Firm, Eisenberg, Melvin A., May 12, 1999, 24 Journal of Corporation Law, P. 819, 1999

 
 
ESKRIDGE, WILLIAM N. JR.
56 Making the Deal Stick: Enforcing The Original Constitutional Structure of Law Making in the Modern Regulatory State, Eskridge, William N. and John A. Ferejohn, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1992 Symposium Issue
 
 
FEREJOHN, JOHN A.
59 Rational Choice and Social Theory,, Ferejohn, John A. and Debra Satz, Publication information not available

58 A Positive Theory of Statutory Interpretation, Ferejohn, John A. and Barry R. Weingast, International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 12, pp. 263-279, 1992

57 Limitation of Statutes: Strategic Statutory Interpretation, Ferejohn, John A. and Barry R. Weingast, Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 565-582, February 1992

56 Making the Deal Stick: Enfocing The Original Constitutional Structure of Law Making in the Modern Regulatory State, Eskridge, William N. and John A. Ferejohn, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1992 Symposium Issue

44 Rationality and Interpretation: Parliamentary Elections in Early Stuart England, Ferejohn, John A., Economic Approach to Politics, Kristen Monroe, Harper Collins, 1991

43 Must Preferences Be Respected in a Democracy?  Ferejohn, John A., Publication information not available

42 Congressional Influence on Bureaucracy, Ferejohn, John A., Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Vol. 6, pp. 1-20, 1990

 
 
FLEISCHER, VICTOR
229  Columbia Venture Partner - MedTech Inc.,  Fleischer, Victor and Geoffrey W. Smith, June 2003

227  Streetwatch, Fleischer, Victor

223  A Taxing Blog:  The Uneasy Case for Blogging Taxation,  Fleischer, Victor and Jeffrey Kahn

202 Deals: Bringing Corporate Transactions into the Law School Classroom,  Fleischer, Victor, Forthcoming, Columbia Business Law Review, Spring, 2002

200 Enron's Dirty Little Secret: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop,  Fleischer, Victor, Tax Notes, Vol. 94, No. 8, February 2002

 
 
FORD, CRISTIE L.
276  Toward a Reform-Minded Model for Securities Law Enforcement, Ford, Cristie L., March 8, 2005
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=688004
FOX, MERRITT B.

330  Civil Liability and Mandatory Disclosure, Fox, Merritt B., March 10, 2008, 109 Colum. L. Rev. (Forthcoming 2009)

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1115361

279  Understanding Dura, Fox, Merritt B., July  18, 2005, Forthcoming 60 Bus. Law, August 2005

261  Demystifying Causation in Fraud-on-the-Market Actions, Fox, Merritt B., January 4, 2005

 
 
FRYDMAN, ROMAN