Samuel Lee

Associate Professor of Finance @ Santa Clara University

Leavey School of BusinessSanta Clara UniversityLucas Hall, RM 216T500 El Camino RealSanta Clara, CA 95053Email: sslee@scu.eduGoogle scholar profile

Working papers

Burkart, M.,  S. Lee, and H. Petri, "LBO Financing," R&R at Review of Financial Studies

Burkart, M., S. Lee, and P. Voss, "The Evolution of the Market for Corporate Control"

Persson, P.  ⓡ  Roketskiy, N.   Lee, S., "Circles of Trust: Rival Information in Social Networks" (Supplementary Material)

Published work

Lee, S. and P. Persson, 2024, "Theoretical Perspectives on Social Relationships in Informal Financing," Research Handbook on Alternative Finance (eds. F. Allen and M. Qian), Edward Elgar Press.

Burkart, M. and S. Lee, 2022, "Activism and Takeovers," Review of Financial Studies, 35(4), 1868-96. (Online Appendix)

Lee, S. and P. Persson, 2022, "Human Trafficking and Regulating Prostitution," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(3), 87-127. (Online Appendix)

Bouvard, M. and S. Lee, 2020, "Risk Management Failures," Review of Financial Studies, 33(6), 2421-67. (Online Appendix)

Lee, S. and P. Persson, 2016, "Financing from Family and Friends," Review of Financial Studies, 29(9): 2341-86. (Online Appendix)

Lee, S. and P. Persson, 2016, "Violence and Entry in Prostitution Markets," Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Prostitution (eds. M. Shah & S. Cunningham), Oxford University Press, 311-331.

Burkart, M. and S. Lee, 2016, "Smart Buyers," Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 5(2): 239-70.

Burkart, M. and S. Lee, 2015 "Signaling to Dispersed Shareholders and Corporate Control," Review of Economic Studies, 82(3), 922-62.

At, C., M. Burkart, and S. Lee, 2011, "Security-Voting Structure and Bidder Screening," Journal of Financial Intermediation, 20(3), 458-76.

Burkart, M. and S. Lee, 2008, "One Share-One Vote: The Theory," Review of Finance, 12(1), 1-49.

Work in progress

Bankruptcy Law and the Market for Corporate Influence (with M. Burkart & V. Vladimirov)

Time competition and internal governance (with M. Bouvard)

Family governance (with P. Persson)