Instructors
Allen Ferrell
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Securities Regulation
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: Most students find it helpful to have completed or to take concurrently a course in Corporations before taking Securities Regulation. Exam Type: In Class…
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Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Fintech
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class We will explore in this course the law and policy issues that are raised by the use of the…
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Empirical Law and Economics
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This course will consider a range of issues in empirical law and economics. Empirical methods are increasingly used in…
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Law and Finance of Venture Capital and Start-ups
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will cover topics in the area of start-up company law. Topics include institutional and legal arrangements important…
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Corporate Finance
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: No prerequisites, but a corporations course is strongly advised. Exam Type: In Class This course addresses the fundamentals of financial economics and reviews applications…
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Securities Regulation
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: Most students find it helpful to have completed or to take concurrently a course in Corporations before taking Securities Regulation. Exam Type: Please refer…
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Securities Regulation
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: Most students find it helpful to have completed or to take concurrently a course in Corporations before taking Securities Regulation. Exam Type: In Class…
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Corporate Litigation, Governance, and the Role of Law Firms
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell, Alberto Manconi, Ekaterina Neretina, William Powley & Luc Renneboog, Corporate Litigation, Governance, and the Role of Law Firms (Oct. 04, 2021).
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Measuring the Effects of Mandated Disclosure
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell, Measuring the Effects of Mandated Disclosure, 1 Berkeley Bus. L.J. 369 (2004).
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The Supreme Court’s 2005-2008 Securities Law Trio: Dura Pharmaceuticals, Tellabs, and Stoneridge
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell, The Supreme Court’s 2005-2008 Securities Law Trio: Dura Pharmaceuticals, Tellabs, and Stoneridge, 9 Engage 32 (2008).
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Allen Ferrell, The Benefits and Costs of Indices in Empirical Corporate Governance Research, in The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance 214 (Jeffrey N.
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Allen Ferrell & John Morley, New Special Study of the Securities Markets: Institutional Intermediaries (Yale L. & Econ. Res. Paper No. 580, July 19, 2017).
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Allen Ferrell, Floor versus Screen Trading: Evidence from the German Stock Market: Comment, 158 J. Inst’l. & Theoretical Econ. 63 (2002) (reviewing Erik Theissen, Floor…
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Much Ado About Order Flow
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell, Much Ado About Order Flow, Reg. Mag., Spring 2002, at 58.
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Why European Takeover Law Matters
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell, Why European Takeover Law Matters, in Reforming Company and Takeover Law in Europe 561 (Guido Ferrarini, Klaus J. Hopt, Japp Winter & Eddy…
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Allen Ferrell, The Allocation of Investors’ Orders and Inefficient Market Competition: A Proposal (May 13, 2000).
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Atanu Saha & Allen Ferrell, Event Study Analysis: Correctly Measuring the Dollar Impact of an Event (Harv. L. & Econ. Discussion Paper, 2011).
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Placing Election Bylaws on the Corporate Ballot
October 19, 2022
Lucian Bebchuk, Allen Ferrell, Reinier Kraakman, Mark J. Roe & Guhan Subramanian, Placing Election Bylaws on the Corporate Ballot (Harvard PON Working Paper No. 915403,…
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Allen Ferrell, If We Understand the Mechanisms, Why Don’t We Understand Their Output?, 28 J. Corp. L. 503 (2003).
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Why Continental European Takeover Law Matters
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell, Why Continental European Takeover Law Matters, in Reforming Company and Takeover Law in Europe 561 (Guido Ferrarini, Klaus J. Hopt, Japp Winter &…
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Allen Ferrell, The Case for Mandatory Disclosure In Securities Regulation Around the World, 2 Brook. J. Corp. Fin. & Com. L. (2007).
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Policy Issues Raised by Structured Products
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell & Jennifer Bethel, Policy Issues Raised by Structured Products, in New Financial Instruments and Institutions: Opportunities and Policy Challenges 167 (Robert E. Litan…
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An Asymmetric Payoff-Based Explanation of IPO ‘Underpricing’
October 19, 2022
Atanu Saha & Allen Ferrell, An Asymmetric Payoff-Based Explanation of IPO ‘Underpricing’ (John M. Olin Ctr. for Law, Econ. & Bus. Discussion Paper No. 587,…
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Securities Litigation and the Housing Market Downturn
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell & Atanu Saha, Securities Litigation and the Housing Market Downturn, 35 J. Corp. L. 97 (2009).
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Forward-Casting 10b-5 Damages: A Comparison to Other Methods
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell & Atanu Saha, Forward-Casting 10b-5 Damages: A Comparison to Other Methods, 37 J. Corp. L. 365 (2012).
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Price Impact, Materiality, and Halliburton II
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell & Andrew Roper, Price Impact, Materiality, and Halliburton II, 93 Wash. U. L. Rev. 93 (2015).
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Thirty Years of Shareholder Rights and Stock Returns
October 19, 2022
Martijn Cremers & Allen Ferrell, Thirty Years of Shareholder Rights and Stock Returns (AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper, 2012).
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U.S. Securities Regulation in a World of Global Exchanges
October 19, 2022
Reena Aggarwal, Allen Ferrell & Jonathan G. Katz, U.S. Securities Regulation in a World of Global Exchanges (Harvard Law & Econ. Discussion Paper No. 569,…
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Allen Ferrell, Jennifer Bethel & Gang Hu, Legal and Economic Issues in Litigation Arising from the 2007-2008 Credit Crisis, in Prudent Lending Restored: Securitization After…
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The Law and Finance of Broker-Dealer Mark-Ups
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell, The Law and Finance of Broker-Dealer Mark-Ups (Apr. 7, 2011).
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Socially Responsible Firms
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell, Hao Liang & Luc Renneboog, Socially Responsible Firms, 122 J. Fin. Econ. 585 (2016).
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Lucian A. Bebcuk & Allen Ferrell, Federalism and Takeover Law: The Race to Protect Managers from Takeovers, in Regulatory Competition and Economic Integration 68 (D.
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What Matters in Corporate Governance?
October 19, 2022
Lucian Bebchuk, Alma Cohen & Allen Ferrell, What Matters in Corporate Governance?, 22 Rev. Fin. Stud. 783 (2009).
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A Proposal for Solving the ‘Payment for Order Flow’ Problem
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell, A Proposal for Solving the ‘Payment for Order Flow’ Problem, 74 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1027 (2001).
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Lucian A. Bebchuk, & Allen Ferrell, Federalism and Takeover Law: The Race to Protect Managers from Takeovers, 99 Colum. L. Rev. 1168 (1999).
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Federal Intervention to Enhance Shareholder Choice
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Allen Ferrell, Federal Intervention to Enhance Shareholder Choice, 87 Va. L. Rev. 993 (2001).
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The Loss Causation Requirement for Rule 10b-5 Causes of Action: The Implications of Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell & Atanu Saha, The Loss Causation Requirement for Rule 10b-5 Causes of Action: The Implications of Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo, 63 Bus.
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Corporate Charitable Giving
October 19, 2022
Victor Brudney & Allen Ferrell, Corporate Charitable Giving, 69 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1191 (2002).
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Thirty Years of Shareholder Rights and Firm Value
October 19, 2022
Martijn Cremers & Allen Ferrell, Thirty Years of Shareholder Rights and Firm Value, 69 J. Fin. 1167 (2014).
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Does the Evidence Favor State Competition in Corporate Law?
October 19, 2022
Lucian Bebchuk, Alma Cohen & Allen Ferrell, Does the Evidence Favor State Competition in Corporate Law?, 90 Calif. L. Rev. 1775 (2002).
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On Takeover Law and Regulatory Competition
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk, & Allen Ferrell, On Takeover Law and Regulatory Competition, 57 Bus. Law. 1047 (2002).
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Allen Ferrell, Mandated Disclosure and Stock Returns: Evidence from the Over-the-Counter Market, 36 J. Legal Stud. 213 (2007).
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A New Approach to Takeover Law and Regulatory Competition
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk, & Allen Ferrell, A New Approach to Takeover Law and Regulatory Competition, 87 Va. L. Rev. 111 (2001).
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Calculating Damages in ERISA Litigation
October 19, 2022
Allen Ferrell & Atanu Saha, Calculating Damages in ERISA Litigation, 1 J. Fin. Persp. 93 (2013).