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Accounting harmonization
Luzi Hail, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Accounting transparency
Christian Leuz, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, USA

Applied econometrics
Vicente Cuñat, Department of Finance, London School of Economics, UK

Applied econometrics and macroeconomics
Tullio Jappelli, Center for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Salerno, Italy

Applied microeconomic theory
Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD, France

Applied microeconomics
Daniel Ferreira, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK

Applied theory
Vicente Cuñat, Department of Finance, London School of Economics, UK

Asset pricing
Franklin Allen, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Asset pricing with a focus on the effects of liquidity risk
Viral Acharya, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA

Auctions
Kristian Rydqvist, Binghamton University School of Management, USA

Bank regulation
Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK

Banking
Denis Gromb, INSEAD, France
Roman Inderst, University of Frankfurt andLondon School of Economics, UK
Tullio Jappelli, Center for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Salerno, Italy

Banking and business law
Klaus Hopt, Max-Planck Institut für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, Germany

Banking and corporate finance
Marco Pagano, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy

Banking and financial services
Gérard Hertig, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

Banking and securities regulation
Alessio Pacces, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Banking crisis and regulation
Xavier Vives, IESE Business School, University of Navarra , Spain

Banking law
Peter Muelbert, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany

Banking theory and regulation
Rafael Repullo, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Spain
Javier Suarez, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Spain

Bankruptcy
Stefano Rossi, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
David Skeel, University of Pennsylvania - School of Law, USA

Bankruptcy and financial distress
Julian Franks, London Business School, UK

Behavioral corporate finance
Alexander Ljungqvist, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA

Behavioral finance
David Thesmar, HEC Paris, France

Business and corporate law
Ronald Gilson, Stanford Law School, USA

Business law
Reinier Kraakman, Harvard Law School, USA
Peter Muelbert, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany

Business law and regulation
Guido Ferrarini, University of Genoa, Italy

Business transactions
Christoph Van Der Elst, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Capital allocation
Stewart Myers, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA

Capital budgeting decisions in firms
Antoinette Schoar, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA

Capital flows in the venture capital industry
Antoinette Schoar, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA

Capital market imperfections
Rui Albuquerque, Boston University, USA

Capital market law
Stefano Lombardo, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
Peter Muelbert, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany

Capital markets
B. Espen Eckbo, Center for Corporate Governance, Dartmouth College, USA
Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, University of Mannheim, Germany

CEO and CLO turnover
John Coates, Harvard Law School , USA

Class actions
John Coffee, Columbia Law School, USA

Commercial law
Hideki Kanda, University of Tokyo, Japan
Hanno Merkt, Instituts für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, University of Freiburg, Germany
Niamh Moloney, University of Nottingham School of Law, UK

Company law
John Armour, Oriel College, University of Oxford, UK
Magda Bianco, Banca d'Italia, Italy
Brian Cheffins, Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, UK
Pierre-Henri Conac, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Paul Davies, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, UK
Stefano Lombardo, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
Marco Ventoruzzo, Paolo Baffi Center on Financial Regulation, Bocconi University Law Department , Italy

Comparative company law
Pierre-Henri Conac, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Reinier Kraakman, Harvard Law School, USA

Comparative corporate governance
Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School, Australia
Amir Licht, Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel

Comparative corporate law
Jonathan Rickford, London School of Economics, UK
Marco Ventoruzzo, Paolo Baffi Center on Financial Regulation, Bocconi University Law Department , Italy

Comparative financial systems
Yishay Yafeh, School of Business Administration and Department of East Asian Studies, the Hebrew University, Israel

Comparative law
Harald Baum, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany
Hanno Merkt, Instituts für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, University of Freiburg, Germany

Compensation policies
Claudio Loderer, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU, USA

Competition policy
Roman Inderst, University of Frankfurt andLondon School of Economics, UK
Xavier Vives, IESE Business School, University of Navarra , Spain

Conflicts
Hanno Merkt, Instituts für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, University of Freiburg, Germany

Contemporary corporate law scholarship reading group
Jeffrey Gordon, Columbia Law School, USA

Contract theory
Patrick Bolton, Columbia Business School, USA
Ulrich Hege, HEC School of Management, France
Christian Laux, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, University of Mannheim, Germany

Contracting and incentives

Contracts
Alessio Pacces, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Coordination, control and the management of organisations
Michael Jensen, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, USA

Corporate acquisitions
Bernard Black, Kellogg School of Management, USA

Corporate and securities law
Bernard Black, Kellogg School of Management, USA
Ehud Kamar, USC Gould School of Law, USA

Corporate and securities litigation
Randall Thomas, Vanderbilt University Law School and Owen School of Management, USA

Corporate bankruptcy
Karin Thorburn, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), Norway

Corporate bankruptcy and reorganisation
Mark Roe, Harvard Law School, USA

Corporate bonds
Marcel Kahan, New York University School of Law, USA

Corporate control
Henri Servaes, London Business School, UK
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

Corporate crime
Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School, Australia

Corporate disclosures
Christian Leuz, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, USA

Corporate finance
Viral Acharya, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA
Renee Adams, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Australia
Franklin Allen, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
John Armour, Oriel College, University of Oxford, UK
Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD, France
Patrick Bolton, Columbia Business School, USA
Vicente Cuñat, Department of Finance, London School of Economics, UK
François Degeorge, Swiss Finance Institute, University of Lugano, Switzerland
B. Espen Eckbo, Center for Corporate Governance, Dartmouth College, USA
Miguel Ferreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Denis Gromb, INSEAD, France
Oliver Hart, Department of Economics, Harvard University, USA
Ulrich Hege, HEC School of Management, France
Peter Högfeldt, Department of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Roman Inderst, University of Frankfurt andLondon School of Economics, UK
Marcel Kahan, New York University School of Law, USA
Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA
Luc Laeven, International Monetary Fund, USA
Christian Laux, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Claudio Loderer, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU, USA
Ronald Masulis, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, USA
Colin Mayer, Said Business School, University of Oxford, UK
Joseph McCahery, Tilburg University Faculty of Law and Tilburg Law and Economics Center, The Netherlands
Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK
Stewart Myers, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA
Giovanna Nicodano, Università di Torino, Italy
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Rafael Repullo, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Spain
Mark Roe, Harvard Law School, USA
Ailsa Roell, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA
Henri Servaes, London Business School, UK
Per Strömberg, Institute for Financial Research (SIFR), Sweden
Javier Suarez, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Spain
Anjan Thakor, John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis , USA
David Thesmar, HEC Paris, France
Theo Vermaelen, INSEAD, France
Belen Villalonga, Harvard Business School, USA
Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, University of Mannheim, Germany

Corporate finance and banking
Jan Pieter Krahnen, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Germany

Corporate finance and financial institutions
Alex Stomper, University of Vienna, Austria

Corporate finance and governance
Per Strömberg, Institute for Financial Research (SIFR), Sweden

Corporate finance law
Eilis Ferran, University of Cambridge Law Faculty and Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL), UK

Corporate finance theory
Ernst Maug, University of Mannheim, Germany

Corporate governance
Renee Adams, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Australia
Rui Albuquerque, Boston University, USA
Theodor Baums, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD, France
Magda Bianco, Banca d'Italia, Italy
Patrick Bolton, Columbia Business School, USA
Mike Burkart, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Brian Cheffins, Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, UK
B. Espen Eckbo, Center for Corporate Governance, Dartmouth College, USA
Luca Enriques, Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, Italy
Daniel Ferreira, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
Miguel Ferreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Allen Ferrell, Harvard Law School, USA
Martin Gelter, Fordham University Law School, USA
Klaus Gugler, University of Vienna, Austria
María Gutiérrez Urtiaga, Department of Business and Finance, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Assaf Hamdani, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Gérard Hertig, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School, Australia
Marcel Kahan, New York University School of Law, USA
Ehud Kamar, USC Gould School of Law, USA
Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA
Reinier Kraakman, Harvard Law School, USA
Alexander Ljungqvist, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA
Claudio Loderer, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU, USA
Stefano Lombardo, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
Ronald Masulis, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, USA
Ernst Maug, University of Mannheim, Germany
Colin Mayer, Said Business School, University of Oxford, UK
Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK
Alessio Pacces, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Urs Peyer, INSEAD, France
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Ailsa Roell, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA
Roberta Romano, Yale Law School, USA
Stefano Rossi, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Per Strömberg, Institute for Financial Research (SIFR), Sweden
David Thesmar, HEC Paris, France
Karin Thorburn, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), Norway
Christoph Van Der Elst, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Belen Villalonga, Harvard Business School, USA
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

Corporate governance and corporate control
Marc Goergen, Cardiff Business School, UK

Corporate governance and financing
Christian Leuz, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, USA

Corporate governance, law and finance
Lucian Bebchuk, Harvard Law School, USA
Marco Becht, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium

Corporate insolvency
John Armour, Oriel College, University of Oxford, UK

Corporate investment models
Marc Goergen, Cardiff Business School, UK

Corporate law
Luca Enriques, Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, Italy
Guido Ferrarini, University of Genoa, Italy
Martin Gelter, Fordham University Law School, USA
Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School, Australia
Joseph McCahery, Tilburg University Faculty of Law and Tilburg Law and Economics Center, The Netherlands
Mark Roe, Harvard Law School, USA
Roberta Romano, Yale Law School, USA
David Skeel, University of Pennsylvania - School of Law, USA

Corporate restructuring
Karin Thorburn, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), Norway

Corporate strategy
Belen Villalonga, Harvard Business School, USA

Corporate takeovers
Reinier Kraakman, Harvard Law School, USA

Corporate taxation
Colin Mayer, Said Business School, University of Oxford, UK

Corporate theory
Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School, Australia

Corporate voting
Randall Thomas, Vanderbilt University Law School and Owen School of Management, USA

Corporations
John Coffee, Columbia Law School, USA
Jeffrey Gordon, Columbia Law School, USA
Hanno Merkt, Instituts für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, University of Freiburg, Germany

Cost of capital
Luzi Hail, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Tim Jenkinson, Saïd Business School, Oxford University, UK

Costs of bankruptcy and financial distress
Per Strömberg, Institute for Financial Research (SIFR), Sweden
Per Strömberg, Institute for Financial Research (SIFR), Sweden

Credit cycles
Javier Suarez, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Spain

Credit risk and valuation of corporate debt
Viral Acharya, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA

Criminal law
John Coffee, Columbia Law School, USA

Cross-border restructuring of corporations in the EU
Jonathan Rickford, London School of Economics, UK

Culture and economics
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

Death spirals
Theo Vermaelen, INSEAD, France

Debt relief and sovereign bankruptcy
David Skeel, University of Pennsylvania - School of Law, USA

Development economics
Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

Disclosure regulation
Christian Leuz, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, USA

Diversification
Belen Villalonga, Harvard Business School, USA

Dividend policy
Marc Goergen, Cardiff Business School, UK

Dynamic capital structure
Christopher Hennessy, London Business School, UK

EC company law
Luca Enriques, Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, Italy

Economic analysis of law
Alessio Pacces, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Economic and financial history
Yishay Yafeh, School of Business Administration and Department of East Asian Studies, the Hebrew University, Israel

Economic growth
Raghuram Rajan, University of Chicago, USA

Economic theory
Patrick Bolton, Columbia Business School, USA
Oliver Hart, Department of Economics, Harvard University, USA

Economics of art
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Economics of asymmetric information
Anjan Thakor, John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis , USA

Economics of bankruptcy
Magda Bianco, Banca d'Italia, Italy

Economics of civil justice
Magda Bianco, Banca d'Italia, Italy

Economics of information
Franklin Allen, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Economics of organisation
David Thesmar, HEC Paris, France

Economics of organisations
Renee Adams, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Australia
Denis Gromb, INSEAD, France

Economics of sports
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Economics of transition and development
Patrick Bolton, Columbia Business School, USA

Empirical and theoretical corporate finance
Daniel Ferreira, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK

Empirical corporate finance
Urs Peyer, INSEAD, France

Enterprises
Christoph Van Der Elst, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Entrepreneurial finance
Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA
Alexander Ljungqvist, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA
Per Strömberg, Institute for Financial Research (SIFR), Sweden

Environmental economics
Karin Thorburn, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), Norway

Ethical investing
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

EU company law
Jonathan Rickford, London School of Economics, UK

European business law
Joseph McCahery, Tilburg University Faculty of Law and Tilburg Law and Economics Center, The Netherlands

European community Law
Niamh Moloney, University of Nottingham School of Law, UK

European integration
Gérard Hertig, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

Executive compensation
Urs Peyer, INSEAD, France
Randall Thomas, Vanderbilt University Law School and Owen School of Management, USA

Executive remuneration
Guido Ferrarini, University of Genoa, Italy
Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School, Australia
Niamh Moloney, University of Nottingham School of Law, UK

Family business
Belen Villalonga, Harvard Business School, USA

Family ownership
Julian Franks, London Business School, UK

Federal budget policy
Howell Jackson, Harvard Law School, USA

Finance
Allen Ferrell, Harvard Law School, USA
Eitan Goldman, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA
Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, France

Financial contracting
Mike Burkart, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

Financial contracts
Javier Suarez, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Spain

Financial development: causes and effects
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

Financial disclosure and capital markets
Luzi Hail, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Financial distress
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Financial economics
Ulrich Hege, HEC School of Management, France

Financial institutions
Henri Servaes, London Business School, UK
Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, University of Mannheim, Germany

Financial intermediation
Daniel Ferreira, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
Alexander Ljungqvist, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA
Anjan Thakor, John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis , USA

Financial intermediation and banking
Yishay Yafeh, School of Business Administration and Department of East Asian Studies, the Hebrew University, Israel

Financial law
Hideki Kanda, University of Tokyo, Japan

Financial markets law
Guido Ferrarini, University of Genoa, Italy

Financial regulation
Pierre-Henri Conac, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Eilis Ferran, University of Cambridge Law Faculty and Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL), UK

Financial services regulation
Niamh Moloney, University of Nottingham School of Law, UK

Financing constraints, investments and growth
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

Financing decisions
Stewart Myers, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA

Financing of innovative companies
Marco Da Rin, Tilburg University , The Netherlands

Firm diversification
Urs Peyer, INSEAD, France

Foundations of the regulatory state
Jeffrey Gordon, Columbia Law School, USA

Game theory
Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, France
Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, University of Mannheim, Germany

General company law
Eilis Ferran, University of Cambridge Law Faculty and Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL), UK

General economic thoery
Martin Hellwig, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Germany

German and European capital markets
Klaus Hopt, Max-Planck Institut für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, Germany

German and European commercial and economic Law
Harald Baum, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany

German and European corporate law
Theodor Baums, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Peter Muelbert, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany

German and European corporate markets
Klaus Hopt, Max-Planck Institut für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, Germany

Global governance
Katharina Pistor, Columbia Law School, USA

Globalization in comparative perspective
Katharina Pistor, Columbia Law School, USA

Governance of financial institutions
Renee Adams, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Australia

Hedge funds
Marcel Kahan, New York University School of Law, USA

Human capital issues across corporate governance systems
Marc Goergen, Cardiff Business School, UK

Impact of taxation on corporate financing decisions
Tim Jenkinson, Saïd Business School, Oxford University, UK

Impact of top managers on corporate strategy
Antoinette Schoar, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA

Incomplete capital markets
Giovanna Nicodano, Università di Torino, Italy

Industrial economics
Klaus Gugler, University of Vienna, Austria
Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, University of Mannheim, Germany

Industrial organisation
Vicente Cuñat, Department of Finance, London School of Economics, UK
Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, France

Industrial organisation and antritrust
Patrick Bolton, Columbia Business School, USA

Information and financial markets
Xavier Vives, IESE Business School, University of Navarra , Spain

Information economics
Christopher Hennessy, London Business School, UK
Roman Inderst, University of Frankfurt andLondon School of Economics, UK

Initial public offerings
Alexander Ljungqvist, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA

Initial public offerings (IPOs)
Marc Goergen, Cardiff Business School, UK
Tim Jenkinson, Saïd Business School, Oxford University, UK
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Theo Vermaelen, INSEAD, France

Innovation and competition
Xavier Vives, IESE Business School, University of Navarra , Spain

Insider trading
Marc Goergen, Cardiff Business School, UK

Insolvency
Eilis Ferran, University of Cambridge Law Faculty and Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL), UK

Insurance
Christian Laux, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Interaction of corporate finance with investment and commercial banking
Paolo Fulghieri, University of North Carolina, USA

Intergenerational transfers
Tullio Jappelli, Center for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Salerno, Italy

Internal capital markets
Urs Peyer, INSEAD, France

International accounting
Luzi Hail, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Christian Leuz, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, USA

International banking
Luc Laeven, International Monetary Fund, USA

International corporate finance
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

International corporate governance
Bernard Black, Kellogg School of Management, USA

International finance
Viral Acharya, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA
Miguel Ferreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Howell Jackson, Harvard Law School, USA
Ronald Masulis, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, USA
Ailsa Roell, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA
Stefano Rossi, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

International finance and economics
Rui Albuquerque, Boston University, USA

International securities and banking regulation
Joseph McCahery, Tilburg University Faculty of Law and Tilburg Law and Economics Center, The Netherlands

International securities regulation
Amir Licht, Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel

Investment banking
B. Espen Eckbo, Center for Corporate Governance, Dartmouth College, USA
Alexander Ljungqvist, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA
Ronald Masulis, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, USA

Investments
Henri Servaes, London Business School, UK

Japanese economy and the economies of East Asia
Yishay Yafeh, School of Business Administration and Department of East Asian Studies, the Hebrew University, Israel

Japanese law
Harald Baum, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany

Labour and personnel economics
Vicente Cuñat, Department of Finance, London School of Economics, UK

Labour law
Paul Davies, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, UK

Law and accounting
Martin Gelter, Fordham University Law School, USA

Law and economics
Lucian Bebchuk, Harvard Law School, USA
Brian Cheffins, Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, UK
Martin Gelter, Fordham University Law School, USA
María Gutiérrez Urtiaga, Department of Business and Finance, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Oliver Hart, Department of Economics, Harvard University, USA
Ulrich Hege, HEC School of Management, France
Hideki Kanda, University of Tokyo, Japan
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Roberta Romano, Yale Law School, USA
Christoph Van Der Elst, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Law and finance
Bernard Black, Kellogg School of Management, USA
Luzi Hail, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Peter Högfeldt, Department of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Stefano Lombardo, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
Marco Pagano, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Stefano Rossi, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Alex Stomper, University of Vienna, Austria
Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, University of Mannheim, Germany

Law and poetry
David Skeel, University of Pennsylvania - School of Law, USA

Law and religion
David Skeel, University of Pennsylvania - School of Law, USA

Law of corporate finance
Theodor Baums, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Lawyering across multiple legal orders
Katharina Pistor, Columbia Law School, USA

Legal persons law
Christoph Van Der Elst, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Limited arbitrage
Denis Gromb, INSEAD, France

Limited liability
Reinier Kraakman, Harvard Law School, USA

Liquidity constraints
Tullio Jappelli, Center for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Salerno, Italy

Long-run performance evaluation for newly public companies
Paul Gompers, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, USA

Macroeconomics
Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, France

Macroeconomics and monetary theory
Martin Hellwig, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Germany

Market microstructure
Marco Pagano, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy

Mathematical economics
Oliver Hart, Department of Economics, Harvard University, USA

Mechanism design
Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK

Media and financial market
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

Mergers
Klaus Gugler, University of Vienna, Austria

Mergers and acquisitions
John Coates, Harvard Law School , USA
B. Espen Eckbo, Center for Corporate Governance, Dartmouth College, USA
Luca Enriques, Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, Italy
Marc Goergen, Cardiff Business School, UK
Jeffrey Gordon, Columbia Law School, USA
Marcel Kahan, New York University School of Law, USA
Ehud Kamar, USC Gould School of Law, USA
Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Monetary economics
Rafael Repullo, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Spain

Mutual funds
John Coates, Harvard Law School , USA

Organisation of the firm
Christian Laux, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Organisation theory
Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, France

Organisational change
Michael Jensen, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, USA

Organisational economics
Daniel Ferreira, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK

Organisational ownership and structure
Henry Hansmann, Yale Law School, USA

Organisations, power and theory of the firm
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

Ownership and control
Julian Franks, London Business School, UK

Personnel economics
Daniel Ferreira, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK

Political economy
Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD, France
Patrick Bolton, Columbia Business School, USA
Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, University of Mannheim, Germany

Portfolio choice
Tullio Jappelli, Center for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Salerno, Italy
Giovanna Nicodano, Università di Torino, Italy

Portfolio management and performance evaluation
B. Espen Eckbo, Center for Corporate Governance, Dartmouth College, USA

Pricing anomalies
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Private equity
Marco Da Rin, Tilburg University , The Netherlands
Tim Jenkinson, Saïd Business School, Oxford University, UK
Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

Private equity funds
Paul Gompers, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, USA

Private international law and procedure
Harald Baum, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany

Private law
Hanno Merkt, Instituts für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, University of Freiburg, Germany

Property rights
Henry Hansmann, Yale Law School, USA

Proxy voting
Kristian Rydqvist, Binghamton University School of Management, USA

Psychology
Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, France

Public policy
Marco Da Rin, Tilburg University , The Netherlands

Purchasing of legal services
John Coates, Harvard Law School , USA

Rating and capital markets
Jan Pieter Krahnen, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Germany

Regulation
Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, France

Regulation of banks and financial institutions
Viral Acharya, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, USA

Regulation of financial institutions
Allen Ferrell, Harvard Law School, USA
Colin Mayer, Said Business School, University of Oxford, UK

Regulation of financial institutions and financial markets
Howell Jackson, Harvard Law School, USA

Research productivity
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

Rights issues
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Risk management
Christian Laux, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Claudio Loderer, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU, USA

Saving
Tullio Jappelli, Center for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Salerno, Italy

Securities law
Hideki Kanda, University of Tokyo, Japan

Securities regulation
John Coffee, Columbia Law School, USA
Pierre-Henri Conac, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Paul Davies, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, UK
Luca Enriques, Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, Italy
Allen Ferrell, Harvard Law School, USA
Ronald Gilson, Stanford Law School, USA
Assaf Hamdani, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Hanno Merkt, Instituts für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, University of Freiburg, Germany
Niamh Moloney, University of Nottingham School of Law, UK
Marco Ventoruzzo, Paolo Baffi Center on Financial Regulation, Bocconi University Law Department , Italy

Share repurchase
Theo Vermaelen, INSEAD, France

Share repurchases
Urs Peyer, INSEAD, France

Shareholder activism
Julian Franks, London Business School, UK
Randall Thomas, Vanderbilt University Law School and Owen School of Management, USA

Shareholder-derivative suits
Reinier Kraakman, Harvard Law School, USA

Social security reform
Howell Jackson, Harvard Law School, USA

Sources of financing, incentive design, and performance of private firms
Paul Gompers, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, USA

Sovereign debt
Patrick Bolton, Columbia Business School, USA

Structured finance and financial stability
Jan Pieter Krahnen, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Germany

Supply of liquidity

Takeovers
Karin Thorburn, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), Norway

Tax arbitrage
Kristian Rydqvist, Binghamton University School of Management, USA

Taxation
Christopher Hennessy, London Business School, UK

Technological innovations
Stefano Rossi, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

The location of headquarters
Xavier Vives, IESE Business School, University of Navarra , Spain

Theory of incentives and information
Rafael Repullo, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Spain

Theory of the firm
Oliver Hart, Department of Economics, Harvard University, USA
Christian Laux, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, University of Mannheim, Germany

Third-party enforcement strategies
Reinier Kraakman, Harvard Law School, USA

Torts
Alessio Pacces, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands

US corporate law
Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School, Australia

Valuation of convertible and callable debt
Christopher Hennessy, London Business School, UK

Value dimensions of social institutions
Amir Licht, Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel

Venture capital
Marco Da Rin, Tilburg University , The Netherlands
Ronald Masulis, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, USA
Per Strömberg, Institute for Financial Research (SIFR), Sweden
Javier Suarez, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Spain

Venture capital and entrepreneurial finance
Per Strömberg, Institute for Financial Research (SIFR), Sweden

White-collar crime
John Coffee, Columbia Law School, USA
Assaf Hamdani, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel