Instructors
Lucian A. Bebchuk
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Lucian Bebchuk, Kobi Kastiel & Roberto Tallarita, How the Covid-19 Pandemic Put Corporate Stakeholder Promises to the Test, ProMarket (Feb. 24, 2022).
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The Untenable Case for Perpetual Dual-Class Stock
February 8, 2023
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Kobi Kastiel, The Untenable Case for Perpetual Dual-Class Stock, 59 Corp. Prac. Comment. 759 (2018).
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The Perils of Dell’s Low-Voting Stock
February 8, 2023
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Kobi Kastiel, The Perils of Dell’s Low-Voting Stock (Nov. 1, 2018).
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The Lifecycle Theory of Dual-Class Structures
February 8, 2023
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Kobi Kastiel, The Lifecycle Theory of Dual-Class Structures (Dec. 18, 2018).
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The Perils of Small-Minority Controllers
February 8, 2023
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Kobi Kastiel, The Perils of Small-Minority Controllers, 107 Geo L.J. 1453 (2019).
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The Untenable Case for Perpetual Dual-Class Stock
February 8, 2023
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Kobi Kastiel, The Untenable Case For Perpetual Dual-Class Stock, 103 Va. L. Rev. 585 (2017).
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Consent and Exchange
February 8, 2023
Oren Bar-Gill & Lucian A. Bebchuk, Consent and Exchange, 39 J. Legal Stud. 375 (2010).
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Tackling the Managerial Power Problem
February 8, 2023
Lucian Bebchuk & Jesse Fried, Tackling the Managerial Power Problem, Pathways Mag., Summer 2010, at 9.
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Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem
February 8, 2023
Lucian Bebchuk & Jesse Fried, Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem, in The Economic Nature of the Firm 327 (Louis Putterman & Randall S. Kroszner…
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Lucian A. Bebchuk & Scott Hirst, Index Funds and the Future of Corporate Governance: Theory, Evidence, and Policy, 119 Colum. L. Rev. 2029 (2019).
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Lucian A. Bebchuk & Jesse Fried, Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation (Harvard Univ. Press 2004).
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Rethinking Basic
February 8, 2023
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Allen Ferrell, Rethinking Basic, 69 Bus. Law. 671 (2014).
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Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem
February 8, 2023
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Jesse Fried, Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem, 17 J. Econ. Persp. 71 (2003).
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Lucian A. Bebchuk
February 8, 2023
Lucian Bebchuk is the James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance and Director of the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School. Bebchuk…
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Director Liability
February 8, 2023
Lucian Bebchuk et al., “Director Liability”, 31 Del. J. Corp. L. 1011 (2006).
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For Whom Corporate Leaders Bargain
January 6, 2023
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Kobi Kastiel & Roberto Tallarita, For Whom Corporate Leaders Bargain, 94 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1467 (2021).
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Dancing with Activists
December 14, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk (with Alon Brav, Wei Jiang & Thomas Keusch), Dancing with Activists, 137 J. Fin. Econ. 1 (2020).
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The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism
December 10, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alon Brav & Wei Jiang, The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism, 115 Colum. L. Rev. 1085 (2015).
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Competing Views on the Economic Structure of Corporate Law
December 5, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Competing Views on the Economic Structure of Corporate Law, 1 U. Chi. Bus. L. Rev. 29 (2022).
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The Law and Economics of Equity Swap Disclosure
November 17, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk, The Law and Economics of Equity Swap Disclosure, Harv. L. Sch. Program Corp. Governance Working Paper 2022-4 (2022).
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Big Three Power, and Why it Matters
November 3, 2022
Lucian Bebchuk & Scott Hirst, Big Three Power, and Why it Matters, 102 Boston U. L. Rev. 1547 (2022).
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The Perils and Questionable Promise of ESG-Based Compensation
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Roberto Tallarita, The Perils and Questionable Promise of ESG-Based Compensation, J. Corp. L. (forthcoming 2022).
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The Flaws and Limits of ESG-based Compensation
October 19, 2022
Lucian Bebchuk & Roberto Tallarita, The Flaws and Limits of ESG-based Compensation, ProMarket (Mar. 11, 2022).
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‘Stakeholder’ Talk Proves Empty Again
October 19, 2022
Lucian Bebchuk & Roberto Tallarita, Opinion, ‘Stakeholder’ Talk Proves Empty Again, Wall St. J., Aug. 18, 2021.
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Will Corporations Deliver Value to All Stakeholders?
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Roberto Tallarita, Will Corporations Deliver Value to All Stakeholders? 75 Vand. L. Rev. 1031 (2022).
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The Business Roundtable And Stakeholders: One Year Later
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Roberto Tallarita, The Business Roundtable and Stakeholders: One Year Later, 41 Corp. Board, no. 245, 2020 at 22.
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‘Stakeholder’ Capitalism Seems Mostly for Show
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Roberto Tallarita, ‘Stakeholder’ Capitalism Seems Mostly for Show, Wall St. J., Aug. 7, 2020, at A15.
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Don’t Let the Short-Termism Bogeyman Scare You
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Don’t Let the Short-Termism Bogeyman Scare You, Harv. Bus. Rev., Jan.-Feb. 2021, at 42.
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The Case for Facilitating Competing Tender Offers: A Last (?) Reply
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk, The Case for Facilitating Competing Tender Offers: A Last (?) Reply, 2 J.L. Econ. & Org. 253 (1986).
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Corporate Acquisitions
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Yuval Procaccia, Corporate Acquisitions, 13 U. Tel-Aviv U. L. Rev. 71 (1988).
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Lucian A. Bebchuk & Chaim Fershtman, The Effects of Insider Trading on Insiders’ Effort in Good and Bad Times, 9 Eur. J. Pol. Econ. 469…
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The Pursuit of a Bigger Pie: Can Everyone Expect a Bigger Slice?
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk, The Pursuit of a Bigger Pie: Can Everyone Expect a Bigger Slice?, 8 Hofstra L. Rev. 671 (1980).
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Lucian A. Bebchuk & Louis Kaplow, Optimal Sanctions and Differences in Individuals’ Likelihood of Avoiding Detection, 13 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 217 (1993).
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How Would You Like to Pay for That? The Strategic Effects of Fee Arrangements on Settlement Terms
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Andrew T. Guzman, How Would You Like to Pay for That? The Strategic Effects of Fee Arrangements on Settlement Terms, 1…
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Dancing with Activists
October 19, 2022
Lucian A Bebchuk, Alon Brav, Wei Jiang & Thomas Keusch, Dancing with Activists (NBER Working Paper w26171, Aug. 15, 2019).
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Firm Expansion and CEO Pay
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Yaniv Grinstein, Firm Expansion and CEO Pay (NBER Working Paper No. w11886, Dec. 2005).
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Do Short-Term Managerial Objectives Lead to Under- or Over-Investment in Long-Term Projects
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Lars Stole, Do Short-Term Managerial Objectives Lead to Under- or Over-Investment in Long-Term Projects, 48 J. Fin. 719 (1993).
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The Untenable Case for Keeping Investors in the Dark
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Robert J. Jackson, Jr., James David Nelson & Roberto Tallarita, The Untenable Case for Keeping Investors in the Dark, 10 Harv. Bus.
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Independent Directors and Controlling Shareholders
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk & Assaf Hamdani, Independent Directors and Controlling Shareholders, 165 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1271 (2017).
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Pay Distribution in the Top Executive Team
October 19, 2022
Lucian Bebchuk, Martijn Cremers & Urs Peyer, Pay Distribution in the Top Executive Team (Harv. L. Sch. John M. Olin Ctr. Discussion Paper No. 574,…
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On the Validity of Poison Pill By-Laws
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Jay W. Eisenhofer, Stuart M. Grant, Michael J. Barry & P. Bradford DeLeeuw, On the Validity of Poison Pill By-Laws (June 2006).
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CEO Centrality
October 19, 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Martijn Cremers & Urs Peyer, CEO Centrality (NBER Working Paper No. 13701, Dec. 2007).
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Vigorous Race or Leisurely Walk: Reconsidering the Competition Over Corporate Charters
October 19, 2022
Lucian Bebchuk & Assaf Hamdani, Vigorous Race or Leisurely Walk: Reconsidering the Competition Over Corporate Charters, 112 Yale L.J. 553 (2002).
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The Effect of Insider Trading on Insiders’ Reaction to Opportunities to “Waste” Corporate Value
October 19, 2022
Lucian Bebchuk & Chaim Fershtman, The Effect of Insider Trading on Insiders’ Reaction to Opportunities to “Waste” Corporate Value (NBER Technical Working Paper No. 95,…
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A Rent-Protection Theory of Corporate Ownership and Control
October 19, 2022
Lucian Bebchuk, A Rent-Protection Theory of Corporate Ownership and Control (NBER, Working Paper No. 7302, July 1999).
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The ‘Lemons Effect’ in Corporate Freeze-Outs
October 19, 2022
Lucian Bebchuk & Marcel Kahan, The ‘Lemons Effect’ in Corporate Freeze-Outs (Harv. L. Sch. John M. Olin Ctr. Discussion Paper No. 248, Feb. 1999).
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Symposium on Corporate Elections
October 19, 2022
Symposium on Corporate Elections(Lucian Bebchuk, ed., Harv. L. Sch. John M. Olin Ctr. Discussion Paper No. 448, Nov. 2003).