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Accounting transparency
Christian Leuz, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA

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

Applied microeconomic theory
Morten Bennedsen, Department of Economics, Denmark

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

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

Auctions
Kristian Rydqvist, Binghamton University School of Management, USA

Bank regulation
Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, UK

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

Banking law
Peter Mulbert, 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
David Skeel, University of Pennsylvania - School of Law, USA
Karin Thorburn, Tuck School of Business, USA

Behavioral corporate finance
Alexander Ljungqvist, Stern School of Business Finance, 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 Mulbert, 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, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Capital flows in the venture capital industry
Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Capital market law
Peter Mulbert, 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

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
Paul Davies, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK

Comparative company law
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

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-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, 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

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

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

Corporate acquisitions
Bernard Black, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, USA

Corporate and securities law
Bernard Black, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, USA

Corporate bankruptcy and reorganization
Mark Roe, Harvard Law School, 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, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA

Corporate finance
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, Department of Economics, Denmark
Patrick Bolton, Columbia Business School, USA
François Degeorge, Swiss Finance Institute, University of Lugano, Switzerland
B. Espen Eckbo, Center for Corporate Governance, Dartmouth College, USA
Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
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
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
Colin Mayer, Said Business School, University of Oxford, UK
Joseph McCahery, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics, The Netherlands
Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, UK
Stewart Myers, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA
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, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA
Javier Suarez, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Spain
David Thesmar, HEC Paris, France
Belen Villalonga, Harvard Business School, USA
Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, University of Mannheim, Germany

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

Corporate finance and governance
Per Strömberg, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

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 Corporate governance Corporate governance
Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, UK

Corporate governance
Renee Adams, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Australia
Morten Bennedsen, Department of Economics, Denmark
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
Daniel Ferreira, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
Allen Ferrell, Harvard Law School, USA
Martin Gelter, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien), Austria
Klaus Gugler, University of Vienna, Austria
María Gutiérrez Urtiaga, Department of Business and Finance, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Gérard Hertig, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School, Australia
Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA
Reinier Kraakman, Harvard Law School, USA
Alexander Ljungqvist, Stern School of Business Finance, USA
Claudio Loderer, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU, USA
Ernst Maug, University of Mannheim, Germany
Colin Mayer, Said Business School, University of Oxford, UK
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Ailsa Roell, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA
Per Strömberg, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA
David Thesmar, HEC Paris, France
Karin Thorburn, Tuck School of Business, USA
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, Sheffield University Management School (SUMS), UK

Corporate governance and financing
Christian Leuz, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 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, Sheffield University Management School (SUMS), UK

Corporate law
Guido Ferrarini, University of Genoa, Italy
Martin Gelter, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien), Austria
Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School, Australia
Joseph McCahery, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics, The Netherlands
Mark Roe, Harvard Law School, USA
David Skeel, University of Pennsylvania - School of Law, USA

Corporate restructuring
Karin Thorburn, Tuck School of Business, USA

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

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
Tim Jenkinson, Saïd Business School, Oxford University, UK

Costs of bankruptcy and financial distress
Per Strömberg, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA
Per Strömberg, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

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

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

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, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA

Diversification
Belen Villalonga, Harvard Business School, USA

Dividend policy
Marc Goergen, Sheffield University Management School (SUMS), UK

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 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 organization
David Thesmar, HEC Paris, France

Economics of organizations
Renee Adams, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Australia

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

Enterprises
Christoph Van Der Elst, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Entrepreneurial finance
Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA
Alexander Ljungqvist, Stern School of Business Finance, USA
Per Strömberg, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

Ethical investing
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

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

European business law
Joseph McCahery, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics, 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 remuneration
Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School, Australia

Family business
Belen Villalonga, Harvard Business School, USA

Finance
Allen Ferrell, Harvard Law School, 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 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, Stern School of Business Finance, 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
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

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-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Germany

German and European corporate law
Peter Mulbert, 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

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

Impact of top managers on corporate strategy
Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

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

Industrial organization
Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, France

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

Information economics
Roman Inderst, University of Frankfurt andLondon School of Economics, UK

Initial public offerings
Alexander Ljungqvist, Stern School of Business Finance, USA

Initial public offerings (IPOs)
Marc Goergen, Sheffield University Management School (SUMS), UK
Tim Jenkinson, Saïd Business School, Oxford University, UK
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

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

Institutional investor activism
Roberta Romano, Yale Law School, USA

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

International accounting
Christian Leuz, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 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, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, USA

International finance
Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Ailsa Roell, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA

International securities and banking regulation
Joseph McCahery, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics, 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, Stern School of Business Finance, 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-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Germany

Labour law
Paul Davies, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK

Law and accounting
Martin Gelter, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien), Austria

Law and economics
Lucian Bebchuk, Harvard Law School, USA
Brian Cheffins, Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, UK
Martin Gelter, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien), Austria
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
Christoph Van Der Elst, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Law and finance
Bernard Black, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, USA
Peter Högfeldt, Department of Finance, 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

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

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

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
Marco Pagano, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, France

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

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

Mechanism design
Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, 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
B. Espen Eckbo, Center for Corporate Governance, Dartmouth College, USA
Jeffrey Gordon, Columbia Law School, USA
Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Karin Thorburn, Tuck School of Business, USA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political economy of takeover regulation
Roberta Romano, Yale Law School, USA

Portfolio choice
Tullio Jappelli, Center for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Salerno, 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
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-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, 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

Regulation
Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, France

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

Regulation of financial instruments
Roberta Romano, Yale Law School, USA

Regulation of securities markets
Roberta Romano, Yale 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

Role of financial intermediation in economic development
Marco Da Rin, Tilburg University , The Netherlands

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
Paul Davies, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
Allen Ferrell, Harvard Law School, USA
Ronald Gilson, Stanford Law School, USA
Hanno Merkt, Instituts für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht, University of Freiburg, Germany
Niamh Moloney, University of Nottingham School of Law, UK

Shareholder litigation
Roberta Romano, Yale Law School, USA

Shareholder-derivative suits
Reinier Kraakman, 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

State competition for corporate charters
Roberta Romano, Yale Law School, USA

Supply of liquidity

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

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

US corporate law
Jennifer Hill, Sydney Law School, Australia

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

Venture capital
Marco Da Rin, Tilburg University , The Netherlands
Per Strömberg, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA
Javier Suarez, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), Spain

Venture capital and entrepreneurial finance
Per Strömberg, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, USA

White-collar crime
John Coffee, Columbia Law School, USA