George S. Geis

University of Virginia School of Law

580 Massie Road

Charlottesville, VA 22903

United States

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Scholarly Papers (17)

1.

Business Outsourcing and the Agency Cost Problem

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 3, 2007
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2010
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 1,315 (33,041)
Citation 9

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Business Outsourcing, Contracts, Agency Costs, Theory of the Firm, Corporate Law, Alliances and Partnerships, International Trade

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Traceable Shares and Corporate Law

Northwestern University Law Review, v. 113, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-13, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2018-05
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Feb 2018
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 899 (56,834)
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Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Shareholder Litigation, Shareholder Voting

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Empirically Assessing Hadley V. Baxendale

U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 06-10
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 Nov 2004
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
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Contract theory, law and economics, empirical analysis, subjective valuation

4.

Ex-Ante Corporate Governance

The Journal of Corporation Law Vol. 41:3, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2016-11
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Sep 2016
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 397 (158,894)
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corporations, corporate law, corporate governance, bylaws, shareholder

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Internal Poison Pills

New York University Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2009-02
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2009
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
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freezeout mergers, appraisal rights, poison pill, takeover defenses

6.

An Embedded Options Theory of Indefinite Contracts

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 90, 2006
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 12 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2009
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
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contract theory, law and economics, option theory, indefiniteness doctrine, incomplete contracts

7.

An Appraisal Puzzle

Northwestern University Law Review, 2011, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2010-10
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 Oct 2010
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 252 (258,086)
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appraisal rights

8.

Gift Promises and the Edge of Contract Law

Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2014-12
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Sep 2014
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
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Information Litigation in Corporate Law

Alabama Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2019-17
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Aug 2019
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
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corporate law; shareholder litigation; inspection rights; corporate governance

10.

Economics as Context for Contract Law

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 75, No. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Sep 2008
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
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contract law, economic analysis

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Shareholder Derivative Litigation and the Preclusion Problem

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 2, April 2014, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2014-13
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 02 Sep 2014
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
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Can Independent Blockholding Really Play Much of a Role in Indian Corporate Governance?

Corporate Governance Law Review, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2007
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Sep 2008
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
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India, corporate governance, blockholding, empirical analysis

13.

Automating Contract Law

New York University Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 24 Sep 2008
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
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contract law, empirical analysis, knowledge management

14.

The Space between Markets and Hierarchies

Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 Sep 2008
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
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business outsourcing, theory of the firm, agency cost problem

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An Empirical Examination of Business Outsourcing Transactions

Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2009-08
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 20 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2009
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 151 (412,968)

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business outsourcing, empirical analysis, organizational contracting, theory of the firm

16.

Broadcast Contracting

Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2011-06
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2011
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law
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An Experiment in the Optimal Precision of Contract Default Rules

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 80, 2006
Posted: 17 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2010
George S. Geis
University of Virginia School of Law

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contract theory, law and economics, empirical analysis, valuation