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Journal Publications and Working Papers
“Who Are the Best Law Firms? Rankings from IPO Performance” with Thomas Bates and Jin (Roc) Lv, 2024, Journal of Corporation Law 49(5), 1089-1182.
-Featured in the Oxford Business Law Blog
“It’s Hard to Hit a Target that Doesn’t Exist: A Novel Conceptual Framework for ESG Ratings” with Jorge Cruz-Lopez and Dasha Smirnow, 2024, The Business, Entrepreneurship & Tax Law Review 8(1), 65-110.
“Expert Advice in the Presence of Conflicts of Interest: The Case of Star-Crossed Acquisitions” with Gil Aharoni, Bryan Lim, and Lubo Litov, 2023, Review of Accounting Studies 28, 1972-2001.
“Hidden Wealth Transfers in Bankruptcy Asset Sales: A Real Option Analysis” with Kathryn St. John, 2022, Berkeley Business Law Journal 19, 46-88.
-Featured in the Harvard Bankruptcy Roundtable
“Love or Money: The Effect of CEO Divorce on Firm Risk and Compensation”, 2020, Journal of Corporate Finance 60, 101507.
“Financing Acquisitions with Earnouts” with Thomas Bates and Yolanda Wang, 2018, Journal of Accounting and Economics 66, 374-395.
-Best paper award, runner up, Auckland Finance Meetings, 2016
“How Much is Too Much? Large Termination Fees and Target Distress” with Chander Shekhar, 2018, Journal of Banking and Finance 88, 97-112.
“Shared Auditors in Mergers and Acquisitions” with Dan Dhaliwal, Phil Lamoreaux, and Lubo Litov, 2016,
Journal of Accounting and Economics 61(1), 49-76.
“Do Lawyers Matter in Initial Public Offerings?” with Thomas Bates and Jin (Roc) Lv.
-Best paper award, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2019
-Featured in the Empirical Legal Studies and Business Law Prof blogs