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John C. Coates
John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics
Research Director, Program on the Legal Profession
Bibliography
Shorter Works in Collection |
| Coates, John C. "M&A Break Fees: U.S. Litigation versus U.K. Regulation" in Regulation versus Litigation: Perspectives from Economics and Law (Daniel Kessler ed., Chicago University Press, 2011). |
| Coates, John C. "Ownership, Takeovers and EU Law: How Contestable Should EU Corporations Be?" in Reforming Company and Takeover Law in Europe (Guido Ferrarini, Klaus J. Hopt, Jaap Winter & Eddy Wymeersch eds., Oxford University Press, 2004). |
Articles in a Periodical |
| Coates, John C. "Managing Disputes Through Contract: Evidence from M&A," 2 Harvard Business Law Review 301 (2012). Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C. "Corporate Politics, Governance, and Value Before and After Citizens United," 9 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 696 (2012). |
| Coates, John C., Michele deStefano, David B. Wilkins & Ashish Nanda. "Hiring Teams, Firms and Lawyer: Evidence of the Evolving Relationships in the Corporate Legal Market," 36 Law and Social Inquiry 999 (2011). |
| Coates, John C. "The Downside of Judicial Restraint: The (Non-)Effect of Jones v. Harris," 6 Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy 58 (2010). Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C. "Reforming the Taxation and Regulation of Mutual Funds: A Comparative Legal and Economic Analysis," 1 The Journal of Legal Analysis 591 (2009). |
| Coates, John C. & David Scharfstein. "Lowering the Cost of Bank Recapitalization," 26 Yale Journal on Regulation 373 (2009). |
| Coates, John C. "The Keynote Papers and the Current Financial Crisis," 47 Journal of Accounting Research 427 (2009). |
| Coates, John C. & R. Glenn Hubbard. "Competition and Shareholder Fees in the Mutual Fund Industry: Evidence and Implications for Policy," 33 Journal of Corporation Law 151 (2007). |
| Coates, John C. "The Goals and Promise of Sarbanes-Oxley," 21 J. Econ. Persp. 91 (2007). |
| Bebchuk, Lucian A., John C. Coates & Guhan Subramanian. "The Trouble with Staggered Boards: A Reply to Georgeson's John Wilcox," 11 Corporate Governance Advisor 17 (2003). Full text: WWW || SSRN (Harvard Users) || SSRN |
| Bebchuk, Lucian A., John C. Coates & Guhan Subramanian. "The Powerful Antitakeover Force of Staggered Boards: Further Findings and a Reply to Symposium Participants," 55 Stanford Law Review 885 (2002). Full text: WWW || HEIN (Harvard Users) || HEIN || LEXIS || SSRN (Harvard Users) || SSRN || WESTLAW |
| Coates, John C. & B. Faris. "Second-Generation Shareholder Bylaws: Post-Quickturn Alternatives," 56 The Business Lawyer 1323 (2001). Full text: HEIN || LEXIS || WESTLAW |
| Coates, John C. "Private vs. Political Choice of Securities Regulation: A Political Cost/Benefit Analysis," 41 Virginia Journal of International Law 531 (2001). Full text: HEIN || LEXIS || WESTLAW |
| Coates, John C. "Explaining Variation in Takeover Defenses: Blame the Lawyers," 89 California Law Review 1301 (2001). Full text: HEIN || LEXIS || SSRN || WESTLAW |
| Coates, John C. "The Contestability of Corporate Control: A Critique of the Scientific Evidence on Takeover Defenses," 79 Texas Law Review 271 (2000). Full text: WWW || SSRN (Harvard Users) |
| Coates, John C. "Empirical Evidence on Structural Takeover Defenses: Where Do We Stand?" 54 University of Miami Law Review 783 (2000). Full text: HEIN || LEXIS || WESTLAW |
| Coates, John C. "Takeover Defenses in the Shadow of the Pill: A Critique of the Scientific Evidence on Takeover Defenses," 79 Texas Law Review 271 (2000). Full text: HEIN || LEXIS || WESTLAW |
| Coates, John C. & Guhan Subramanian. "A Buy-Side Model of M&A Lockups: Theory and Evidence," 53 Stanford Law Review 307 (2000). |
Articles in a Newspaper |
| Coates, John C. & Taylor Lincoln. "A Campaign Finance Job for the SEC," Washington Post, Sept. 7, 2011, at A19. (related Public Citizen Report (2011)(with Lincoln Taylor) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1923804) |
| Coates, John C. & Taylor Lincoln. "Fulfilling the promise of ?Citizens United?" Washington Post, Sept. 2, 2011, Opinion. Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C. & David S. Scharfstein. "The Bailout is Robbing the Banks," The New York Times, February 18, 2009, Op-Ed, at A27. |
Working or Discussion Papers |
| Coates, John C. "The Powerful Pervasive Effects of Ownership on M&A," Olin Center Discussion Paper, No. 669 (2010). |
| Coates, John C. "M&A Break Fees: US Litigation vs. UK Regulation" (2009). |
| Coates, John C. & Reinier Kraakman. "CEO Tenure, Performance and Turnover in S," John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business Discussion, No. 595 (2007). |
Reports or Studies |
| Coates, John C. "IBM's Hostile Bid for Lotus", Harvard Law School (2013). Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C. "Barclays Capital and the Sale of Del Monte Foods", Harvard Law School (2012). Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C., Clayton Rose & David Lane. "El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan", Harvard Law School (2012). Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C., Ashish Nanda & Monet A. Brewerton. "Slater & Gordon (A)", Harvard Law School (2012). Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C., Ashish Nanda & Monet A. Brewerton. "Slater & Gordon (B)", Harvard Law School (2012). Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C. & Sara Del Nido. "Workers' Rights in the Hudson Valley (A)", Harvard Law School (2012). Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C. & Sara Del Nido. "Workers' Rights in the Hudson Valley (B)", Harvard Law School (2012). Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C. "Hilton's Hostile Bid for ITT (A)", Harvard Law School (2011). Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C., Clayton Rose & David Lane. "In a Pickle: Barclays Capital and the Sale of Del Monte Foods" (2011). Full text: WWW || WWW |
| Coates, John C. & Taylor Lincoln. "Fulfilling Kennedy's Promise: Why the SEC Should Mandate Disclosure of Corporate Political Activity", Public Citizen and Harvard Law School (2011). Full text: SSRN |
| Coates, John C. "Hilton's Hostile Bid for ITT (B)", Harvard Law School (2011). Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C. "Hilton's Hostile Bid for ITT (C)", Harvard Law School (2011). Full text: WWW |
| Coates, John C. "Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady", Harvard Law School (2011). Full text: WWW |
Miscellaneous Publications |
| Coates, John C., Michele Stefano Beardslee, Ashish Nanda, Erik Ramanathan, Corporate Purchasing Project: How S&P Companies Evaluate Outside Counsel (Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession, 2011). |
| Coates, John C. The roundtable discussion, "Theory's Contributions to Corporate Law and Practice," moderated by John Coates at the Theory Informs Business Practice Symposium, 77 Chicago - Kent Law Review 121 (2001) |
Works in Progress |
| Bebchuk, Lucian A., John C. Coates & Guhan Subramanian. The Effect of Takeover Defenses (2006). (Discussion Paper, Harvard Law School Olin Center for Law, Economics & Business) |
| Coates, John C. & Reinier H. Kraakman. Why are Firms Sold? The Role of the Target CEO's Age, Tenure, and Share Ownership (2005). |
| Coates, John C. & Reinier H. Kraakman. CEO Incenetives and Merger Activity in the 1990s: Stock Options and Real Options (2004). |
| Coates, John C. Management Buyouts: Methods and Results in the 1990s (2003). |
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