M. Todd Henderson

University of Chicago - Law School

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1.

Everything Old is New Again: Lessons from Dodge v. Ford Motor Company

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 373
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Dec 2007
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
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corporate law

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Other People's Money

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 60, Symposium issue, 2008, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 359
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2008
Douglas G. Baird and M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
Downloads 1,350 (14,954)
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Credit Derivatives Are Not 'Insurance'

University of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 476
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 11 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2010
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Can Disclosure Enhance Insiders’ Trade Returns?

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 411, CLEA 2008 Meetings Paper, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 7
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 May 2008 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2012
M. Todd Henderson, Alan D. Jagolinzer and Karl A. Muller
University of Chicago - Law School, University of Cambridge Judge Business School and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Accounting
Downloads 1,224 (17,348)
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Rule 10b5-1, voluntary disclosure, insider trading

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Do Accounting Rules Matter? The Dangerous Allure of Mark to Market

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 458
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2010
Richard A. Epstein and M. Todd Henderson
New York University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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financial bailout, mark-to-market, historical cost, bubbles, regulation, securities

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Boards-R-Us: Reconceptualizing Corporate Boards

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 646, UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 13-11
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 10 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2013
Stephen M. Bainbridge and M. Todd Henderson
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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boards of directors, corporate governance, corporate law

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Lawyer CEOs

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2018
M. Todd Henderson, Irena Hutton, Danling Jiang and Matthew Pierson
University of Chicago - Law School, Florida State University - College of Business, College of Business, Stony Brook University and Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)
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CEOs, litigation risk, corporate finance

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A Regulatory Classification of Digital Assets: Toward an Operational Howey Test for Cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and Other Digital Assets

2019 Columbia Business Law Review 444, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 858, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 683
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2019
M. Todd Henderson and Max Raskin
University of Chicago - Law School and New York University School of Law
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cryptocurrency, initial coin offering, securities regulation, Howey, digital asset

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From 'Seriatim' to Consensus and Back Again: A Theory of Dissent

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 363, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 186
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2008
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
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Can Lawyers Stay in the Driver's Seat?

University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 629
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Jan 2013
Daniel G. Currell and M. Todd Henderson
Gustavus Adolphus College and University of Chicago - Law School
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Prediction Markets for Corporate Governance

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 4, 2007, U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 307, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 221, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 221
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 08 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2007
Michael Abramowicz and M. Todd Henderson
George Washington University Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
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Corporate Heroin: A Defense of Perks, Executive Loans, and Conspicuous Consumption

Georgetown Law Journal, 2005
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 05 Oct 2004
M. Todd Henderson and James C. Spindler
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Texas School of Law
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perks, motivation, employe incentives

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Paying CEOs in Bankruptcy: Executive Compensation when Agency Costs are Low

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 101, No. 4, 2007, U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 306
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 29 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2007
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
Downloads 492 (61,070)
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Executive compensation, bankruptcy, corporations

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Corporate Philanthropy and the Market for Altruism

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 399, Columbia Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2008
M. Todd Henderson and Anup Malani
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
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Insider Trading and CEO Pay

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 521, 5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 May 2010 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2010
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
Downloads 463 (65,796)
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executive compensation, insider trading, corporate governance, corporate law, securities regulation

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Citing Fiction

The Green Bag: An Entertaining Journal of Law, Vol. 11, No. 2, Winter 2008, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 212
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Mar 2008
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
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judges, judicial opinions, literature

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Pay for Regulator Performance

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Pay for Regulator Performance

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 574, Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-43, Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-43
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 28 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2011
Frederick Tung and M. Todd Henderson
Boston University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
Downloads 328 (97,732)
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bank, bank examiner, banking regulation, incentive pay, pay for performance, financial crisis

Pay for Regulator Performance

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 17 Jan 2012
M. Todd Henderson and Frederick Tung
University of Chicago - Law School and Boston University School of Law
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Predicting Crime

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 402
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 14 Apr 2008
M. Todd Henderson, Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz
University of Chicago - Law School, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College
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Deconstructing Duff & Phelps

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 74, 2007, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 338
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Mar 2007
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
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Judge Richard A. Posner, case law, corporate and securities practice

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Making a Market for Corporate Disclosure

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 769
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 25 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 15 May 2018
Kevin S. Haeberle and M. Todd Henderson
William & Mary Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
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Corporate Disclosure, Securities Regulation

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Introduction to 'The Going Private Phenomenon: Causes and Implications'

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 430
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 19 Sep 2008
M. Todd Henderson and Richard A. Epstein
University of Chicago - Law School and New York University School of Law
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The Nanny Corporation

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 456
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 26 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2010
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
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CEO Traits and Firm Outcomes: Do Early Childhood Experiences Matter?

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 17 May 2019
M. Todd Henderson and Irena Hutton
University of Chicago - Law School and Florida State University - College of Business
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CEO Characteristics, risk preferences, social class

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Becoming a Fifth Branch

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 99, 2013, University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 618
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 09 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2013
William A. Birdthistle and M. Todd Henderson
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology and University of Chicago - Law School
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Two Visions of Corporate Law

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 449
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Jan 2009
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
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Information-Dissemination Law: The Regulation of How Market-Moving Information Is Revealed

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 759
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 27 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2018
Kevin S. Haeberle and M. Todd Henderson
William & Mary Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
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One Hat Too Many?: Investment Desegregation in Private Equity

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 45, 2009, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 427
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2013
William A. Birdthistle and M. Todd Henderson
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology and University of Chicago - Law School
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Judicial Noncompliance with Mandatory Procedural Rules Under the PSLRA

44 Journal of Legal Studies S87 (2015), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 671, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 455
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2015
M. Todd Henderson and William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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Justifying Jones

University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 491
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2009
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
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Jones v. Harris Associates, Supreme Court, Frank Easterbrook

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Self-Regulation for the Mortgage Industry

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 638
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 31 Mar 2013
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
Downloads 139 (222,830)
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Impact of the Rakoff Ruling

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Feb 2010
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
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Securities, settlement, judges

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Congress's Commissioners

Yale Journal on Regulation, Forthcoming, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 875, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 703
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 11 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2020
Brian D. Feinstein and M. Todd Henderson
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School and University of Chicago - Law School
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Independent Regulatory Commissions, Appointments, Executive Appointments, Congress

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Reverse Regulatory Arbitrage: An Auction Approach to Regulatory Assignments

University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 610, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 397, Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-49, Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-49
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 13 Aug 2012
M. Todd Henderson and Frederick Tung
University of Chicago - Law School and Boston University School of Law
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A New Market-Based Approach to Securities Law

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 27 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2018
Kevin S. Haeberle and M. Todd Henderson
William & Mary Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
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Securities Regulation

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The Impotence of Delaware's Taxes: A Short Response to Professor Barzuza's 'Delaware's Compensation'

In Brief (Online Magazine of the Virginia Law Review), Forthcoming, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 439
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 27 Oct 2008
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
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corporate income tax, corporate governance

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The Influence of F.A. Hayek on Law: An Empirical Analysis

NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Vol. 1, p. 249, 2005
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 24 Mar 2010
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
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Economists, citations, Nobel Prize

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Paying Bank Examiners for Performance

Regulation, Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring 2012, Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-20, Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-20
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 03 Apr 2012
M. Todd Henderson and Frederick Tung
University of Chicago - Law School and Boston University School of Law
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Voice versus Exit in Health Care Policy

Pathology Case Reviews, Vol. 17, No. 4, July/August 2012, University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 613, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 402
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 27 Oct 2012
M. Todd Henderson
University of Chicago - Law School
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law and economics, federalism, health care policy, birth control