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Ezra Wasserman Mitchell

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law

Professor of Law

777 Guoding Road

Shanghai, 200433

China

  • Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law

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1.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Reinvention of Corporate Governance?

Villanova Law Review, Vol. 48, No. 4, p. 1189, 2003
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Dec 2003
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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Enron, Corporate Governance, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, Corporate Law, Sarbanes-Oxley

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The Board as a Path Toward Corporate Social Responsibility

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 354, THE NEW CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE LAW, Doreen McBarnet, Aurora Voiculescu, and Tom Campbell, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2007
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Jun 2007
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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corporate social responsibility, CSR, corporations, corporate governance, board of directors, shareholder-valuism, short-termism, shareholders, managers

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The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry

THE SPECULATION ECONOMY: HOW FINANCE TRIUMPHED OVER INDUSTRY, Lawrence Mitchell, Berrett-Koehler, 2007, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 366, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 366
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 29 Sep 2007
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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stock, stockholders, mergers, shareholders, valuation, antitrust, finance theory, securities, securities regulation,progressive, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Pujo, shareholder valuism, Panics, Sherman Act, federal incorporation, Hughes, Hadley , railroad regulation, ICC, FTC, SEC, corporations, trusts

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The Trouble with Boards

GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 159, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 159
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 13 Sep 2005
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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Disney, boards, monitoring, outside, independent, history, ALI, function, governance, corporations, directors

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Who Needs the Stock Market? Part I: The Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Nov 2008
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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finance-growth nexus, stock market, corporate finance, stock, debt, securities regulation, corporate governance, financial history, equity, finance theory, external finance, retained earnings

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Financialism: A (Very) Brief History

Creighton Law Review, Vol. 43, p. 323, 2010, THE EMBEDDED FIRM, Peer Zumbansen and Cynthia Williams, eds., Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 09 Aug 2010
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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Financial Crisis, Capitalism, Securities, Finance, Investment Banking, Commercial Banking, Banking, Executive Compensation, Shareholders, Stock, Stock Market, Proprietary Trading

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Structural Holes, CEOS, and the Missing Link in Corporate Governance

GWU Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 77
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 14 Nov 2003
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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corporate governance, independent directors, board of directors, structural holes

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The Importance of Being Trusted

Boston University Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 May 2001
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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The Legitimate Rights of Public Shareholders

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 461, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 461
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Mar 2009
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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shareholders, voting, shareholder rights, corporate governance, finance, stock market, finance-growth nexus, stock, shares

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The Morals of the Marketplace

Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 20, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1129340
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 May 2008 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2009
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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finance, capital, stock, CAPM, portfolio theory, responsibility, risk, Graham, Dodd, Markowitz, Sharpe, Lintner, MBOs, CDOs, mortgage backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, stock, common stock, portfolio, securities, corporations, mortgage, real economy, production,

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The 'Innocent Shareholder': An Essay on Compensation and Deterrence in Securities Class Actions

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 404, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 404
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 10 Apr 2008
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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class actions, damages, compensation, deterrence, corporate responsibility, shareholder activism, proxies, finance theory, finance, history, Roosevelt, Brandeis, Douglas, Berle, Means, Wilson, Progressive Era, antitrust, securities, reform, disclosure, corporations, enterprise liability

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Gentleman's Agreement: The Antisemitic Origins of Restrictions on Stockholder Litigation

GWU Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 44
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 05 Aug 2002
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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The Age of Aquarius or, How I (Almost) Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Free Markets

University of Minnesota Law Review, 2004
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 06 Feb 2004
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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finance, capitalism, free markets

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Vulnerability and Efficiency (of What)?

Berkeley Business Law Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2005, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 153, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 153
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 Aug 2005
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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corporations, governance, wealth, products, efficiency, vulnerability, shareholder, corporate purpose, fiduciary

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The Partner-Manager: Some Thoughts on Bebchuk and Fried

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Forthcoming, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 520, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 520
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2010
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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Structure as an Independent Variable in Assessing Stock Market Failures

GWU Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 80
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 15 Dec 2003
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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securities, finance

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Corporate Governance and Income Inequality: The Role of the Monitoring Board

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Aug 2017
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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Income Inequality, Directors, Board, Monitoring

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Deferred Corporate Prosecution as Corrupt Regime: The Case for Prison

Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-06
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Feb 2015
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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deferred prosecution, corruption, corporate, criminal

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Reciprocal Convergences: How China Might Influence Western Corporate Governance

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 31 Jan 2018
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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China, CRS, corporate governance, social responsibility, convergence, corporate social responsibility, corporate law

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Caremark's Hidden Promise

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 03 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2017
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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Caremark, Board, Directors, Red Flags, Monitor, Good Faith, corporate law

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Finance and Growth: The Legal and Regulatory Implications of the Role of the Public Equity Market in the United States

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2016
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law
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finance, growth, venture capital, mergers, ipo, capital structure, securities regulation, corporate governance, financial history

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The Financial Determinants of Corporate Governance

THE FINANCIAL DETERMINANTS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, H. Kent Baker, Ronald Anderson, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 477, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 477
Posted: 12 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2012
Dalia Tsuk Mitchell and Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
George Washington University Law School and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law

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finance, corporate law, stock, stock markets, shareholders, shareholder proposals, corporate history, shareholder valuism, managerialism

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Understanding Norms

University of Toronto Law Journal, April 1999
Posted: 10 May 2000
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law

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Trust and Team Production in Post-Capitalist Society

Journal of Corporate Law, Vol. 24, No. 4, September 1999
Posted: 17 Jun 1999
Ezra Wasserman Mitchell
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Law

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