Overview of Current Research

Professor Lopez de Silanes will conduct an overview of his current research and will touch on aspects of the three papers he has submitted for this week.

[1]  P. Mahoney.  Mandatory Disclosure as a Solution to Agency Problems , 1995 .

[2]  R. Coase.  Economists and Public Policy , 1999 .

[3]  Oliver Hart,et al.  One Share/One Vote and the Market for Corporate Control , 1987 .

[4]  Sanford J. Grossman.  The Informational Role of Warranties and Private Disclosure about Product Quality , 1981, The Journal of Law and Economics.

[5]  J. Landis.  The administrative process , 1966 .

[6]  Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes,et al.  The quality of government , 1999 .

[7]  J. Stock,et al.  Instrumental Variables Regression with Weak Instruments , 1994 .

[8]  Utpal Bhattacharya,et al.  The World Price of Insider Trading , 2002 .

[9]  Steven Shavell,et al.  The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law , 1998 .

[10]  Coffee,et al.  Market Failure and the Economic Case for a Mandatory Disclosure System , 1984 .

[11]  Andrei Shleifer,et al.  Corporate Ownership Around the World , 1998 .

[12]  A. Shleifer,et al.  Investor Protection and Corporate Valuation , 1999 .

[13]  Joseph D. Piotroski,et al.  What Determines Corporate Transparency? , 2003 .

[14]  J. Macey.  Administrative Agency Obsolescence and Interest Group Formation: A Case Study of the SEC at Sixty , 1994 .

[15]  Irwin Friend,et al.  The S.E.C. Through a Glass Darkly , 1964 .

[16]  A. Shleifer,et al.  Legal Determinants of External Finance , 1997 .

[17]  James R. Barth,et al.  BANK SUPERVISION AND REGULATION: WHAT WORKS BEST? , 2004 .

[18]  B. Cheffins.  Law as Bedrock: The Foundations of an Economy Dominated by Widely Held Public Companies , 2003 .

[19]  Florencio López‐de‐Silanes,et al.  Law and Finance , 1996, Journal of Political Economy.

[20]  J. Coffee.  Understanding Enron: It's About the Gatekeepers, Stupid , 2002 .

[21]  R. Levine,et al.  Stock Markets, Banks, and Economic Growth , 1996 .

[22]  J. Ferejohn,et al.  The Economics and Politics of Administrative Law and Procedures: An Introduction , 1992 .

[23]  J. Seligman,et al.  The Transformation of Wall Street: A History of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Modern Corporate Finance , 2003 .

[24]  D. North.  Structure and Change in Economic History , 1983 .

[25]  Ivo Welch,et al.  Earnings Management and the Long-Run Market Performance of Initial Public Offerings , 1998 .

[26]  George J. Stigler,et al.  Public Regulation of the Securities Markets , 1964 .

[27]  Sanford J. Grossman,et al.  Customer protection in futures and securities markets , 1984 .

[28]  Thomas J. Chemmanur,et al.  Investment Bank Reputation, Information Production, and Financial Intermediation , 1994 .

[29]  Christopher Hartland-Peel.  African equities: A guide to markets and companies , 1996 .

[30]  Frank H. Easterbrook,et al.  Mandatory Disclosure and the Protection of Investors , 1984 .

[31]  B. Cheffins.  Law, Economics and the UK's System of Corporate Governance: Lessons from History , 2001 .

[32]  Coffee,et al.  The Mandatory/Enabling Balance in Corporate Law: An Essay on the Judicial Role , 1989 .

[33]  Edward L. Glaeser,et al.  Coase Versus the Coasians , 2001 .

[34]  C. J. Simon,et al.  The Effect of the 1933 Securities Act on Investor Information and the Performance of New Issues , 1986 .

[35]  René M. Stulz,et al.  Globalization of Equity Markets and the Cost of Capital , 1999 .

[36]  B. Black,et al.  The Legal and Institutional Preconditions for Strong Securities Markets , 2001 .

[37]  Paul R. Milgrom,et al.  Relying on the Information of Interested Parties , 1985 .

[38]  Earnings Management and Investor Protection: An International Comparison , 2002 .

[39]  Andrei Shleifer,et al.  Private Enforcement of Public Laws: A Theory of Legal Reform , 1998 .

[40]  Merton H. Miller.  Financial Innovations and Market Volatility , 1992 .

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[42]  Tatiana Nenova,et al.  The value of corporate voting rights and control: A cross-country analysis , 2003 .

[43]  Andrei Shleifer,et al.  Toward a theory of legal reform , 1996 .

[44]  Oliver Hart,et al.  Disclosure Laws and Takeover Bids , 1980 .

[45]  Patricia M. Dechow,et al.  Causes and Consequences of Earnings Manipulation: An Analysis of Firms Subject to Enforcement Actions by the SEC* , 1996 .

[46]  E. Glaeser,et al.  A Reason for Quantity Regulation , 2001 .

[47]  J. Weston.  Large corporations in a changing society , 1974 .

[48]  George J. Benston,et al.  The market for public accounting services: Demand, supply and regulation , 1985 .

[49]  B. Black,et al.  A Self Enforcing Model of Corporate Law , 1996 .