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Career

· Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law2018–
· George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance, University of San Diego1997–2018
· Juris Doctor (J.D.), Yale Law School1992–
· B.A. and B.S. in Mathematics and Economics, University of Kansas1989–
· Lawyer, Covington & Burling
· Derivatives Structurer, CS First Boston
· Derivatives Structurer, Morgan Stanley

Publications (141)

Hedge Fund Activism, Corporate Governance, and Firm Performance
2008
1,484
cited
Systemic Risk
2008
418
cited
The Siskel and Ebert of Financial Markets: Two Thumbs Down for the Credit Rating Agencies
1999
389
cited
How and Why Credit Rating Agencies are Not Like Other Gatekeepers
2006
241
cited
Infectious Greed: How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial Markets
2003
186
cited
The Paradox of Credit Ratings
2001
162
cited
The Promise and Perils of Credit Derivatives
2006
132
cited
Credit Default Swap Spreads as Viable Substitutes for Credit Ratings
2010
106
cited
The Returns to Hedge Fund Activism
2008
72
cited
The Second Wave of Hedge Fund Activism: The Importance of Reputation, Clout, and Expertise.
2016
72
cited
Overdependence on Credit Ratings was a Primary Cause of the Crisis
2009
71
cited
The Misuse of Tobin's Q
2018
62
cited
Business Organization and Finance: Legal and Economic Principles
1986
58
cited
Rethinking Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies: An Institutional Investor Perspective
2009
57
cited
Gap Filling, Hedge Funds, and Financial Innovation
2006
55
cited
Patents as Options
2011
55
cited
Financial Derivatives and the Costs of Regulatory Arbitrage
1997
54
cited
Encumbered Shares
2004
40
cited
Barbarians at the Gatekeepers?: A Proposal for a Modified Strict Liability Regime
2001
39
cited
Historical Perspectives on the Financial Crisis: Ivar Kreuger, the Credit-Rating Agencies, and Two Theories About the Function, and Dysfunction, of Markets
2009
39
cited
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