Anne Hazel W. G. Mugo (formerly Mukuna)
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S.J.D. 2007
Dissertation
The Effects of Risk and Uncertainty on Corporate Behavior and Structure
My dissertation is a comparative corporate law and governance project focusing on the behavior of firms in markets where information costs can be expected to be high, and attempts by firms to deal with risks arising from rapidly changing political environments. I find out ways in which information costs and political risks affect firms, how firms respond, and whether there is any causal connection between risk and response on the one hand, and firm behavior and structure on the other. The project is located within the legal and economic literature that has been seeking answers as to why corporate entities seem to differ as one travels around the world.
Fields of Research and Supervisors
- Comparative Corporate Governance, with Professor Detlev Vagts, Harvard Law School, Overall Faculty Supervisor
- Corporate Law, with Professor Reinier Kraakman, Harvard Law School
- Economics, with Professor Robert H. Bates, Department of Government, Harvard University
Additional Research Interests
- Corporate and International Finance
- Banking Law and Regulation
- International Law and Development
Education
- Harvard Law School, S.J.D. Candidate 2002-Present
- Harvard Law School, LL.M. 1997
- Kenya School of Law, Dip. (Law) 1996
- University of Nairobi, LL.B. 1995
Appointments and Fellowships
- Harvard Law School, 2002-2003, Graduate Program Fellow, LL.M. Advisor
- Harvard College, 1997-1998, Teaching Assistant - History of Modern Africa
Representative Publications
- Negotiability of Crossed Cheques and Leading Banks’ Practice on Account-Payee Cheques Examined, 2 Univ. of Nairobi L.J., 1995, 38-50
Additional Information
- Personal Resume
- Languages: English