Alma Cohen

Harvard Law School

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics

Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978

Israel

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London

United Kingdom

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

c/o the Royal Academies of Belgium

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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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1.

What Matters in Corporate Governance?

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What Matters in Corporate Governance?

Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 783-827, February 2009, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 491 (2004)
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 21 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2009
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Allen Ferrell
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Corporate governance, agency costs, boards, directors, takeovers, tender offers, mergers and acquisitions, proxy fights, defensive tactics, entrenchment, anti-takeover provisions, staggered boards, corporate charters, corporate bylaws, golden parachutes, poison pills

What Matters in Corporate Governance?

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 2, pp. 783-827, 2009
Posted: 25 Jan 2009
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Allen Ferrell
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School

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The Wages of Failure: Executive Compensation at Bear Stearns and Lehman 2000-2008

Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 27, 2010, pp. 257-282, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 657, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 287
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2010
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Holger Spamann
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, the financial crisis, banks, executive compensation, risk-taking, compensation structures, bonus compensation, stock options, restricted shares, moral hazard

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The Agency Problems of Institutional Investors

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 31 pp. 89-102 (Summer 2017)., Harvard Law School Olin Discussion Paper No. 930
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 05 May 2020
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Scott Hirst
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Boston University - School of Law
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institutional investors, investment managers, mutual funds, index funds, hedge fund activism

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Learning and the Disappearing Association Between Governance and Returns

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Learning and the Disappearing Association Between Governance and Returns

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 108, No. 2, pp. 323-348, May 2013, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 667
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 14 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2014
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Charles C. Y. Wang
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School
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Corporate governance, governance indices, GIM, G-Index, E-Index, shareholder rights, entrenchment, market efficiency, learning, earning announcements, analyst forecasts, IRRC provisions, behavioral finance, asset pricing

Learning and the Disappearing Association between Governance and Returns

NBER Working Paper No. w15912
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2023
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Charles C. Y. Wang
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School
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Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of Shareholders

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 25, April 2014, pp. 140-154, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 683
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2018
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Charles C. Y. Wang
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School
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Golden Parachute, Executive Compensation, Corporate Governance, Acquisitions, Takeovers, Acquisition Likelihood, Acquisition Premiums, Agency Costs, Tobin’s Q, Dodd-Frank

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The Costs of Entrenched Boards

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The Costs of Entrenched Boards

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 78, pp. 409-433, 2005, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 478
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 23 May 2019
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Corporate governance, Tobin's Q, firm value, agency costs, boards, directors, takeovers, tender offers, mergers and acquisitions, proxy fights, defensive tactics, antitakeover provisions, staggered boards, poison pills

The Costs of Entrenched Boards

NBER Working Paper No. w10587
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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The Politics of CEOs

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The Politics of CEOs

Journal of Legal Analysis, Vol. 11, 2019, pp.1-45, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 1002, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 450/2019
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2019
Alma Cohen, Moshe Hazan, Roberto Tallarita and David Weiss
Harvard Law School, Monash University, Harvard Law School and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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political spending, political contributions, Republicans, Democrats, CEOs, corporate political influence

The Politics of CEOS

NBER Working Paper No. w25815
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 May 2019 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2023
Alma Cohen, Moshe Hazan, Roberto Tallarita and David Weiss
Harvard Law School, Monash University, Harvard Law School and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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The Politics of CEOs

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13710
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 07 May 2019
Alma Cohen, Moshe Hazan, Roberto Tallarita and David Weiss
Harvard Law School, Monash University, Harvard Law School and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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CEOs, corporate political influence, Democrats, Political contributions, Political spending, Republicans

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Firms' Decisions Where to Incorporate

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Firms' Decisions Where to Incorporate

Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 46, pp. 383-425, 2003, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 351, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 003/2002
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2024
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Delaware, incorporation, corporate governance, regulatory competition, managers, shareholders, takeovers, antitakeover statutes, antitakeover defenses, home bias

Firms' Decisions Where to Incorporate

NBER Working Paper No. w9107
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Aug 2002 Last Revised: 22 May 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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The 8-K Trading Gap

Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 524
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2016
Alma Cohen, Robert J. Jackson Jr. and Joshua Mitts
Harvard Law School, New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School
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Insider Trading, Securities Law, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance

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Staggered Boards and the Wealth of Shareholders: Evidence from Two Natural Experiments

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Staggered Boards and the Wealth of Shareholders: Evidence from Two Natural Experiments

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 697
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2014
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Charles C. Y. Wang
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School
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Corporate governance, staggered boards, takeover defenses, antitakeover provisions, proxy fights, Tobin's Q, firm value, agency costs, Delaware, chancery court, Airgas

Staggered Boards and the Wealth of Shareholders: Evidence from Two Natural Experiments

NBER Working Paper No. w17127
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2023
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Charles C. Y. Wang
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School
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The Effects of Mandatory Seat Belt Laws on Driving Behavior and Traffic Fatalities

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Dec 2001
Alma Cohen and Liran Einav
Harvard Law School and Stanford University - Department of Economics
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Asymmetric Information and Learning: Evidence from the Automobile Insurance Market

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Apr 2003
Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School
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Asymmetric information, adverse selection, screening, sorting, moral hazard, insurance, deductible, learning, information transmission, repeat customers

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How Do Staggered Boards Affect Shareholder Value? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 110, No. 3, pp. 627-641, (2013), Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 13-068
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 25 May 2017
Alma Cohen and Charles C. Y. Wang
Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School
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Corporate governance, Staggered board, Takeover defense, Antitakeover provision, Proxy fight, Tobin's, Firm value, Agency cost, Delaware, Chancery court, Airgas

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Does the Evidence Favor State Competition in Corporate Law?

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Does the Evidence Favor State Competition in Corporate Law?

California Law Review, Vol. 90, pp. 1775-1821, 2002, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 352
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Mar 2002 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2009
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Allen Ferrell
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Delaware, incorporations, corporate charters, regulatory competition, corporate governance, managers, shareholders, takeovers, antitakeover statutes

Does the Evidence Favor State Competition in Corporate Law?

NBER Working Paper No. w9380
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Dec 2002 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Allen Ferrell
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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The Pervasive Influence of Political Composition on Circuit Court Decisions

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The Pervasive Influence of Political Composition on Circuit Court Decisions

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 1109, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 24-01
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 03 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2024
Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School
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federal courts, circuit courts, courts of appeals, federal district courts, judicial decisions, political appointment of judges, polarization, political disparity

The Pervasive Influence of Ideology at the Federal Circuit Courts

NBER Working Paper No. w31509
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 Aug 2023
Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School
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The Effect of Automobile Insurance and Accident Liability Laws on Traffic Fatalities

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The Effect of Automobile Insurance and Accident Liability Laws on Traffic Fatalities

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Sep 2004
Alma Cohen and Rajeev H. Dehejia
Harvard Law School and New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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No-fault laws, compulsory insurance, moral hazard

The Effect of Automobile Insurance and Accident Liability Laws in Traffic Fatalities

NBER Working Paper No. w9602
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2022
Alma Cohen and Rajeev H. Dehejia
Harvard Law School and New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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Testing for Adverse Selection in Insurance Markets

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Testing for Adverse Selection in Insurance Markets

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 77, Issue 1, pp. 39-84 (2010), Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 651
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 25 May 2017
Alma Cohen and Peter Siegelman
Harvard Law School and University of Connecticut - School of Law
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Insurance, adverse selection, moral hazard, accidents, claims, annuities, automobile insurance, health insurance, life insurance, risk-aversion, risk, coverage

Testing for Adverse Selection in Insurance Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w15586
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2023
Alma Cohen and Peter Siegelman
Harvard Law School and University of Connecticut - School of Law
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Politics and Gender in the Executive Suite

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Politics and Gender in the Executive Suite

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 1029
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 26 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2021
Alma Cohen, Moshe Hazan and David Weiss
Harvard Law School, Monash University and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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CEO, Executive Suite, Gender Gap, Political Preferences, Compensation, Performance-Sensitivity

Politics and Gender in the Executive Suite

NBER Working Paper No. w28893
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 07 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
Alma Cohen, Moshe Hazan and David Weiss
Harvard Law School, Monash University and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Politics and Gender in the Executive Suite

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14513
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 25 Mar 2020
Alma Cohen, Moshe Hazan and David Weiss
Harvard Law School, Monash University and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Recent Board Declassifications: A Response to Cremers and Sepe

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 18 May 2017 Last Revised: 22 May 2017
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Estimating Risk Preferences from Deductible Choice

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Estimating Risk Preferences from Deductible Choice

American Economic Review, Vol. 97, pp. 745-788, 2007, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 582
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 05 Apr 2007
Alma Cohen and Liran Einav
Harvard Law School and Stanford University - Department of Economics
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risk aversion, adverse selection, structural estimation, mixture models

Estimating Risk Preferences from Deductible Choice

NBER Working Paper No. w11461
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 02 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2023
Alma Cohen and Liran Einav
Harvard Law School and Stanford University - Department of Economics
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Asymmetric Learning in Repeated Contracting: An Empirical Study

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Asymmetric Learning in Repeated Contracting: An Empirical Study

Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 94, No. 2 (2012), Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 606
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 25 May 2017
Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School
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Repeat customers, asymmetric information, asymmetric learning, adverse selection, insurance, market power

Asymmetric Learning in Repeated Contracting: An Empirical Study

NBER Working Paper No. w13752
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2022
Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School
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The Disadvantages of Aggregate Deductibles

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The Disadvantages of Aggregate Deductibles

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Oct 2001
Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School
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insurance, deductible, moral hazard, verification

Disadvantages of Aggregate Deductibles

BE Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2006, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 367
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 27 May 2017
Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School
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insurance, deductible, moral hazard, verification

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Gender-Neutral Language and Gender Disparities

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Gender-Neutral Language and Gender Disparities

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 May 2023
Alma Cohen, Tzur Karelitz, Tamar Kricheli‐Katz, Sephi Pumpian and Tali Regev
Harvard Law School, Israeli National Institute of Testing and Evaluations (NITE), Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law, Israeli National Institute of Testing and Evaluations (NITE) and IDC
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Gender-Neutral Language and Gender Disparities

NBER Working Paper No. w31400
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2023
Alma Cohen, Tzur Karelitz, Tamar Kricheli-Katz, Sephi Pumpian and Tali Regev
Harvard Law School, Israeli National Institute of Testing and Evaluations (NITE), Tel Aviv University, Israeli National Institute of Testing and Evaluations (NITE) and IDC
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Do Financial Incentives Affect Fertility?

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Do Financial Incentives Affect Fertility?

Review of Economic and Statistics, Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 1-20 (2013), Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 605
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 25 May 2017
Alma Cohen, Rajeev H. Dehejia and Dmitri Romanov
Harvard Law School, New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Government of the State of Israel - Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
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fertility, child subsidies, child allowances

Do Financial Incentives Affect Fertility?

NBER Working Paper No. w13700
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2022
Alma Cohen, Rajeev H. Dehejia and Dmitri Romanov
Harvard Law School, New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Government of the State of Israel - Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
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Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 125, No. 3, September 2017, pp. 637-647, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 908
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2017
Alma Cohen and Charles C. Y. Wang
Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School
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Corporate Governance, Staggered Boards, Takeover Defense, Antitakeover Provisions, Firm Value, Delaware, Airgas

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Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value: A Reply to Amihud and Stoyanov

Forthcoming, Journal of Financial Economics
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2017
Alma Cohen and Charles C. Y. Wang
Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School
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Corporate governance, Staggered boards, Takeover defense, Antitakeover provision, Firm value, Agency costs, Delaware, Chancery court, Airgas

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The Agency Problems of Institutional Investors: Presentation Slides

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 02 Jun 2020
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Scott Hirst
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Boston University - School of Law
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institutional investors, investment managers, mutual funds, index funds, hedge fund activism

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How to Communicate the Nudge: A Real-World Policy Experiment

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How to Communicate the Nudge: A Real-World Policy Experiment

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 1067, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 21-29
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 27 May 2024
Oren Bar-Gill and Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Nudge, Disclosure, Communication, Debt Collection

How to Communicate the Nudge: A Real-World Policy Experiment

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16426
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Sep 2021
Oren Bar-Gill and Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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communication, Debt collection, Disclosure, Nudge

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The Heterogeneous Effect of Affirmative Action on Performance

Forthcoming, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 805
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2018
Anat Bracha, Alma Cohen and Lynn Conell-Price
The Hebrew University, Harvard Law School and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Affirmative action, stereotype threat, gender differences, GRE performance

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Termination Risk and Agency Problems: Evidence from the NBA

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Termination Risk and Agency Problems: Evidence from the NBA

Forthcoming, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 819
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2018
Alma Cohen, Nadav Levy and Roy Sasson
Harvard Law School, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya and Tel Aviv University
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Termination Risk and Agency Problems: Evidence from the NBA

NBER Working Paper No. w24708
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2023
Alma Cohen, Nadav Levy and Roy Sasson
Harvard Law School, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya and Tel Aviv University
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Judicial Decision Making: A Dynamic Reputation Approach

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 44, No. S1, pp.133-159 (2014), Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 803
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 25 May 2017
Alma Cohen, Alon Klement and Zvika Neeman
Harvard Law School, Buchman Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics
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Financial Incentives and Fertility

CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2009
Alma Cohen, Rajeev H. Dehejia and Dmitri Romanov
Harvard Law School, New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Government of the State of Israel - Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
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fertility, child subsidies, child allowances

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Judicial Politics and Sentencing Decisions

NBER Working Paper No. w24615
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 May 2018 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
Alma Cohen and Crystal Yang
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Judging Under Public Pressure

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Judging Under Public Pressure

NBER Working Paper No. w28894
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2023
Alma Cohen, Zvika Neeman and Florian Auferoth
Harvard Law School, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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Judging Under Public Pressure

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16427
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 22 Sep 2021
Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School
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COVID-19, Judging, judicial decisions, make-up call, public pressure, sub judice, VAR

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Firms' Decisions on Where to Incorporate

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Oct 2002
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Alma Cohen
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Delaware, incorporation, corporate governance, regulatory competition, managers, shareholders, takeovers, antitakeover statutes, antitakeover defenses, home bias

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The Heterogeneous Effect of Affirmative Action on Performance

NBER Working Paper No. w25322
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2023
Anat Bracha, Alma Cohen and Lynn Conell-Price
The Hebrew University, Harvard Law School and Carnegie Mellon University
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Judges Judging Judges: Partisanship and Politics in the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals

NBER Working Paper No. w32920
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 10 Sep 2024
Alma Cohen and Rajeev H. Dehejia
Harvard Law School and New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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Judicial Politics and Sentencing Decisions

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 943
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Dec 2017
Alma Cohen and Crystal Yang
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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racial and gender disparities, criminal sentencing, courts, judicial politics