Alma Cohen

Prerequisites: None Exam: No Exam Empirical data, and statistical and empirical tools and concepts, are increasingly used in litigation, regulation, and legal policymaking and research.

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…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam Empirical tools have been increasingly used in litigation, regulation, and policymaking in corporate law, corporate governance, and securities regulation…

Alma Cohen, The Disadvantages of Aggregate Deductibles, 6 B.E. J. of Econ. Analysis & Pol’y 1538 (2006).

Oren Bar-Gill & Alma Cohen, How to Communicate the Nudge: A Real-World Policy Experiment, 65 J. L. & Econ. 607 (2022).

Anat Bracha, Alma Cohen & Lynn Conell-Price, The Heterogeneous Effect of Affirmative Action on Performance, 158 J. Econ. Behavior & Org. 173 (2019).

Jacob T. Cohen et al., The role of voice rest after micro-laryngeal surgery for benign vocal fold lesions, 279 Eur. Archives Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 835 (2021).

Ronen Avraham, Alma Cohen & Ity Shurtz, Judging Insurance Antidiscrimination Law, in Selection and Decision in Judicial Process around the World: Empirical Inquires 223 (Yun-chien…

Florian Auferoth, Alma Cohen & Zvika Neeman, Judging Under Public Pressure (July 19, 2020).

Alma Cohen, Moshe Hazan & David Weiss, Politics and Gender in the Executive Suite (Harv. L. Sch. John M. Olin Ctr. Discussion Paper No. 1029,…

Alma Cohen, Moshe Hazan, Roberto Tallarita & David Weiss, The Politics of CEOs, 11 J. Legal Analysis 1 (2019).

Alma Cohen & Crystal S. Yang, Judicial Politics and Sentencing Decisions, 11 Am. Econ. J.: Econ. Pol’y 160 (2019).

Alma Cohen & Charles C.Y. Wang, Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value 125 J. Fin. Econ. 637 (2017).

Lucian A. Bebchuk & Alma Cohen, Recent Board Declassifications: A Response to Cremers and Sepe (May 1, 2017).

Alma Cohen & Liran Einav, The Effects of Mandatory Seat Belt Laws on Driving Behavior and Traffic Fatalities, 85 Rev. Econ. & Stat. 828 (2003).

Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen & Holger Spamann, The Wages of Failure: Executive Compensation at Bear Stearns and Lehman 2000-2008, 27 Yale J. on Reg.

Alma Cohen & Liran Einav, Estimating Risk Preferences from Deductible Choice, 93 Am. Econ. Rev. 745 (2007).

Alma Cohen, Nadav Levy & Roy Sasson, Termination Risk and Agency Problems: Evidence from the NBA (Harvard Law Sch. John M. Olin Ctr. for Law,…

Alma Cohen & Rajeev H. Dehejia, The Effect of Automobile Insurance and Accident Liability Laws on Traffic Fatalities, 47 J.L. & Econ. 357 (2004).

Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen & Charles C.Y. Wang, Staggered Boards and the Wealth of Shareholders: Evidence from Two Natural Experiments (NBER Working Paper No.

Alma Cohen & Charles C.Y. Wang, Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value: A Reply to Amihud and Stoyanov (Dec. 1, 2015).

Lucian A. Bebchuk & Alma Cohen, The Costs of Entrenched Boards, 78 J. Fin. Econ. 409 (2005).

Lucian A. Bebchuk & Alma Cohen, Firms’ Decisions Where to Incorporate, 48 J.L. & Econ. 383 (2003).

Lucian Bebchuk, Alma Cohen & Charles C.Y. Wang, Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of Shareholders, 25 J. Corp. Fin. 140 (2014).

Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen & Charles C.Y. Wang, Learning and the Disappearing Association Between Governance and Returns, 108 J. Fin. Econ. 323 (2013).

Alma Cohen & Charles C.Y. Yang, How Do Staggered Boards Affect Shareholder Value? Evidence from a Natural Experiment, 110 J. Fin. Econ. 627 (2013).

Alma Cohen & Peter Siegelman, Testing for Adverse Selection in Insurance Markets, 77 J. Risk & Ins. 39 (2010).

Alma Cohen, Alon Klement & Zvika Neeman, Judicial Decision Making: A Dynamic Reputation Approach, 44 J. Legal Stud. S133 (2015).

Anat Bracha, Alma Cohen & Lynn Conell-Price, Affirmative Action and Stereotype Threat (Harvard Law Sch. John M. Olin Ctr. for Law, Econ. & Bus., Discussion…

Alma Cohen, Rajeev H. Dehejia & Dmitri Romanov, Financial Incentives and Fertility, 95 Rev. Econ. & Stat. 1 (2013).

Alma Cohen, Asymmetric Information and Learning: Evidence from the Automobile Insurance Market, 87 Rev. Econ. & Stat. 197 (2005).

Alma Cohen, Asymmetric Learning in Repeated Contracting: An Empirical Study, 94 Rev. Econ. & Stat. 419 (2012).

Alma Cohen, Robert J. Jackson & Joshua Mitts, The 8-K Trading Gap (Columbia Law & Econ. Working Paper No. 524, Sept. 7, 2015).

Lucian Bebchuk, Alma Cohen & Allen Ferrell, What Matters in Corporate Governance?, 22 Rev. Fin. Stud. 783 (2009).

Lucian Bebchuk, Alma Cohen & Allen Ferrell, Does the Evidence Favor State Competition in Corporate Law?, 90 Calif. L. Rev. 1775 (2002).

Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen & Scott Hirst, The Agency Problems of Institutional Investors, 31 J. Econ. Persp. 89 (2017).