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Bebchuk, Lucian A. - 2009

This paper analyzes how government intervention in the market for banks' troubled assets is best designed, and also uses this analysis to evaluate the public-private investment program announced by the U.S. government in March 2009. I begin by presenting the case for using government funds to...

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A Plan for Addressing the Financial Crisis

Bebchuk, Lucian A. - 2012

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Shining Light on Corporate Political Spending

Bebchuk, Lucian A.; Jackson, Jr., Robert J. - 2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is currently considering a rulemaking petition requesting that the SEC develop rules requiring that public companies disclose their spending on politics. The petition, which was submitted by a committee of ten corporate law professors that we...

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Corporate Political Speech : Who Decides?

Bebchuk, Lucian A. - 2010

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Private Ordering and the Proxy Access Debate

Bebchuk, Lucian A. - 2012

This Article examines two “meta” issues raised by opponents of the SEC's proposal to provide shareholders with rights to place director candidates on the company's proxy materials. First, opponents argue that, even assuming proxy access is desirable in many circumstances, the existing...

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The Harvard Law School Proxy Access Roundtable

Bebchuk, Lucian A. - 2010

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Using Options to Divide Value in Corporate Bankruptcy

Bebchuk, Lucian A. - 2009

This paper revisits the proposal to use options in corporate bankruptcy that was put forward in Bebchuk (1988 …). According to the proposed procedure, corporate bankruptcy should be implemented through the distribution to participants of … appropriately designed options. The paper starts by discussing the goals that should guide the design of bankruptcy procedures. The …

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A Theory of Path Dependence in Corporate Ownership and Governance

Bebchuk, Lucian A. - 2009

Corporate structures differ among the advanced economies of the world. We contribute to an understanding of these differences by developing a theory of the path dependence of corporate structure. The corporate structures that an economy has at any point in time depend in part on those that it...

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A Rent-Protection Theory of Corporate Ownership and Control

Bebchuk, Lucian A. - 2009

This paper develops a rent-protection theory of corporate ownership structure--and in particular, of the choice between concentrated and dispersed ownership of corporate shares and votes. The paper analyzes the decision of a company's initial owner whether to maintain a lock on control when the...

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Optimal Defaults for Corporate Law Evolution

Bebchuk, Lucian A. - 2015

Public corporations live in a dynamic and ever-changing business environment. This paper examines how courts and legislators should choose default arrangements in the corporate area to address new circumstances. We show that the interests of the shareholders of existing companies would not be...

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