Mark D. West

University of Michigan Law School

625 South State Street

Professor of Law

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215

United States

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1.

Legal Determinants of World Cup Success

Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper No. 02-009
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 16 Jul 2002
Mark D. West
University of Michigan Law School
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The Evolution of Corporate Law: A Cross-Country Comparison

University of Pennsylvania, Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 791-871
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 17 Jul 2003
Katharina Pistor, Yoram Keinan, Jan Kleinheisterkamp and Mark D. West
Columbia University School of Law, Ernst & Young, London School of Economics - Law Department and University of Michigan Law School
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Japanese Love Hotels: Legal Change, Social Change, and Industry Change

Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper No. 02-018
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 Jan 2003
Mark D. West
University of Michigan Law School
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Institutional Change and M&A in Japan: Diversity Through Deals

Forthcoming in GLOBAL MARKETS, DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS: CORPORATE LAW AND GOVERNANCE IN A NEW ERA OF CROSS-BORDER DEALS, Curtis J. Milhaupt, ed., New York: Columbia University Press
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 18 Nov 2001
Curtis J. Milhaupt and Mark D. West
Stanford Law School and University of Michigan Law School
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Innovation in Corporate Law

Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 31, pp. 676-694, 2003
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Jul 2003
Katharina Pistor, Yoram Keinan, Jan Kleinheisterkamp and Mark D. West
Columbia University School of Law, Ernst & Young, London School of Economics - Law Department and University of Michigan Law School
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Why Shareholders Sue: The Evidence from Japan

Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper No. 00-010
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 Dec 2000
Mark D. West
University of Michigan Law School
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The Puzzling Divergence of Corporate Law: Evidence and Explanations from Japan and the United States

Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper No. 00-011
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 01 Dec 2000
Mark D. West
University of Michigan Law School
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Law's Dominion and the Market for Legal Elites in Japan

Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper No. 02-006; Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 206
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Jun 2002
Curtis J. Milhaupt and Mark D. West
Stanford Law School and University of Michigan Law School
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Losers: Recovering Lost Property in Japan and the United States

Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper No. 02-005
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 18 Jun 2002
Mark D. West
University of Michigan Law School
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Dying to Get Out of Debt: Consumer Insolvency Law and Suicide in Japan

Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper No. 03-015; U of Michigan Law, Public Law Working Paper No. 37
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 16 Dec 2003
Mark D. West
University of Michigan Law School
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Employment Market Institutions and Japanese Working Hours

Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper No. 03-016; U of Michigan Law, Public Law Working Paper No. 38
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Jan 2004
Mark D. West
University of Michigan Law School
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Evolution of Corporate Law and the Transplant Effect: Lessons from Six Countries

World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 89-112, Spring 2003
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Katharina Pistor, Yoram Keinan, Jan Kleinheisterkamp and Mark D. West
Columbia University School of Law, Ernst & Young, London School of Economics - Law Department and University of Michigan Law School

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The Tragedy of Condominiums: Legal Responses to Collective Action Problems after the Kobe Earthquake

American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 53, 2003
Posted: 10 Jun 2003
Mark D. West and Emily M. Morris
University of Michigan Law School and Jones Day - Washington, D.C. Office

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The Resolution of Karaoke Disputes: The Calculus of Institutions and Social Capital

Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2002
Posted: 21 Nov 2002
Mark D. West
University of Michigan Law School

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The Dark Side of Private Ordering: An Institutional and Empirical Analysis of Organized Crime

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 67, p. 41, 2000
Posted: 09 Mar 2000
Curtis J. Milhaupt and Mark D. West
Stanford Law School and University of Michigan Law School

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Information, Institutions, and Extortion in Japan and the United States: Making Sense of Sokaiya Racketeers

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 93, p. 767, 1999
Posted: 21 Aug 1999
Mark D. West
University of Michigan Law School

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