Laura Nyantung Beny

University of Michigan Law School

Professor of Law

625 South State Street

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215

United States

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Insider Trading Laws and Stock Markets Around the World: An Empirical Contribution to the Theoretical Law and Economics Debate

University of Michigan Law School, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 04-004, Journal of Corporation Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 25 Feb 2004
Laura Nyantung Beny
University of Michigan Law School
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insider trading, agency costs, market efficiency, stock markets, law and finance

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The Political Economy of Insider Trading Law and Enforcement: Law vs. Politics? International Evidence

Insider Trading Research Handbook, edited by S. Bainbridge. Elgar, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 08-001
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 18 Mar 2002 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2012
Laura Nyantung Beny
University of Michigan Law School
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insider trading regulation, political economy, law and finance, political theory of finance

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Do Insider Trading Laws Matter? Some Preliminary Comparative Evidence

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Do Insider Trading Laws Matter? Some Preliminary Comparative Evidence

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 144-83, 2005
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Nov 2004
Laura Nyantung Beny
University of Michigan Law School
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insider trading law, law and finance, comparative evidence

Do Insider Trading Laws Matter? Some Preliminary Comparative Evidence

William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 741
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Feb 2005
Laura Nyantung Beny
University of Michigan Law School
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Insider trading law, Market efficiency, Ownership structure, Law and finance, Comparative capital markets

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Do Investors in Controlled Firms Value Insider Trading Laws? International Evidence

Journal of Law, Economics and Policy, Vol. 4, No. 2, 267, 2008, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 06-003, William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 837
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2008
Laura Nyantung Beny
University of Michigan Law School
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corporate valuation, insider trading, insider trading laws and enforcement, agency costs, private benefits, law and finance

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U.S. Secondary Stock Markets: A Survey of Current Regulatory and Structural Issues and a Reform Proposal to Enhance Competition

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U.S. Secondary Stock Markets: A Survey of Current Regulatory and Structural Issues and a Reform Proposal to Enhance Competition

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 08 Jun 2001
Laura Nyantung Beny
University of Michigan Law School
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Market microstructure, payment for order flow, market transparency, National Market System

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Market microstructure, payment for order flow, market transparency, National Market System

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Has Insider Trading Become More Rampant in the United States? Evidence from Takeovers

Insider Trading Research Handbook, S. Bainbridge, ed., Elgar, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-012
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2012
Laura Nyantung Beny and H. Nejat Seyhun
University of Michigan Law School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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illegal insider trading, tender offers, investments, stock price behavior, takeovers

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Private Regulation of Insider Trading in the Shadow of Lax Public Enforcement: Evidence from Canadian Firms

Harvard Business Law Review, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2013, 2nd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 07-019
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2015
Laura Nyantung Beny and Anita Anand
University of Michigan Law School and University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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insider trading, private regulation, public enforcement, securities laws, optional corporate rules, extra-territorial effect of U.S. laws

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Analysis of the Republic of South Sudan's Accession to the East African Community: Benefits, Detriments and Recommendations

U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 337
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2018
Laura Nyantung Beny and Matthew Snyder
University of Michigan Law School and University of Michigan Law School
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Diversity Among Elite American Law Firms: a Signal of Quality and Prestige

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Aug 2005
Laura Nyantung Beny
University of Michigan Law School
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Diversity, discrimination, law firms, social norms, neoclassical theory of employment discrimination

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Metals or Management? Explaining Africa's Recent Economic Growth Spurt

American Economic Review, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 136
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 21 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2009
Laura Nyantung Beny and Lisa D. Cook
University of Michigan Law School and Michigan State University - Department of Economics and James Madison College
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Africa, economic growth, economic policy reform, commodities trade, Dutch disease, cross country growth

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Introductory Note to United Nations Security Council Resolution on Targeted Sanctions in South Sudan

54 International Legal Materials (2015), U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 484
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2015
Laura Nyantung Beny
University of Michigan Law School
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United Nations (UN), UN Security Council (UNSC), Africa, South Sudan, civil conflict, international sanctions, targeted sanctions

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Sudan's Killing Fields: Political Violence and Fragmentation -- Introduction

Sudan's Killing Fields, Laura Nyantung Beny and Sondra Hale, eds., Red Sea Press, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 336
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2013
Laura Nyantung Beny and Sondra Hale
University of Michigan Law School and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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Sample Selection, Methodology and Implications for the Have Nots: A Commentary on Professors Nielsen's and Albitson's 'the Organizational Environment of Public Interest Practice 1975-2000'

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 5, 2006
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2013
Laura Nyantung Beny
University of Michigan Law School
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public interest, legal profession, empirical methods, the have nots, law and society