Paul G. Mahoney

University of Virginia School of Law

David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor

580 Massie Road

Charlottesville, VA 22903

United States

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The Common Law and Economic Growth: Hayek Might Be Right

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The Common Law and Economic Growth: Hayek Might Be Right

University of Virginia Law School, Legal Studies Working Paper No. 00-8
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 31 Jan 2000
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Common Law and Economic Growth: Hayek Might Be Right

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 503-525, June 2001
Posted: 12 Nov 2001
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law

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Manager-Investor Conflicts in Mutual Funds

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Mar 2004
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law
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mutual funds, agency costs

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Market Manipulation: A Comprehensive Study of Stock Pools

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Market Manipulation: A Comprehensive Study of Stock Pools

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Sep 2004
Guolin Jiang, Paul G. Mahoney and Jianping Mei
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, University of Virginia School of Law and New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance
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Manipulation, market regulation, politics of finance

Market Manipulation: A Comprehensive Study of Stock Pools

Journal of Financial Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Feb 2005
Guolin Jiang, Paul G. Mahoney and Jianping Mei
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, University of Virginia School of Law and New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance
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Manipulation, market regulation, politics of finance

Market Manipulation: A Comprehensive Study of Stock Pools

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-04-022
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Guolin Jiang, Paul G. Mahoney and Jianping Mei
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, University of Virginia School of Law and New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance
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Manipulation, Market regulation, Politics of finance

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Corporate Financial Transactions

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 26 Oct 1999
Robert F. Bruner, Robert S. Harris, Michael P. Dooley and Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, Deceased and University of Virginia School of Law
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The Appraisal Remedy and Merger Premiums

USC CLEO Research Paper No. 99-5
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Mar 1999
Paul G. Mahoney and Mark Weinstein
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department
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Competing Norms and Social Evolution: Is the Fittest Norm Efficient?

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Competing Norms and Social Evolution: Is the Fittest Norm Efficient?

UVA Law School, Legal Studies Working Paper No. 00-15
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 May 2000
Paul G. Mahoney and Chris William Sanchirico
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Competing Norms and Social Evolution: Is the Fittest Norm Efficient?

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 149, 2001
Posted: 31 May 2001
Paul G. Mahoney and Chris William Sanchirico
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School

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The Value of Judicial Independence: Evidence from 18th Century England

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The Value of Judicial Independence: Evidence from 18th Century England

Univ. of Virginia Law & Econ Research Paper No. 03-12; USC Law and Public Policy Research Paper No. 04-2; USC Law School, Olin Research Paper No. 04-2
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Feb 2004
Daniel M. Klerman and Paul G. Mahoney
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Judicial independence, Glorious Revolution, law and finance

The Value of Judicial Independence: Evidence from 18th Century England

7 American Law & Economics Review 1-27 (2005), USC Law and Public Policy Research Paper No. 04-27, USC CLASS Research Paper No. 04-27
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2014
Daniel M. Klerman and Paul G. Mahoney
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Judicial independence, Glorious Revolution, law and finance

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The Political Economy of the Securities Act of 1933

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The Political Economy of the Securities Act of 1933

UVA Law School, Legal Studies Working Paper No. 00-11
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 May 2000
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Political Economy of the Securities Act of 1933

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1, January 2001
Posted: 20 Mar 2001
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law

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Legal Origin or Colonial History?

3 Journal of Legal Analysis 379-409 (2011), USC CLEO Research Paper No. C11-9, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 11-16, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2011-03
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2014
Daniel M. Klerman, Paul G. Mahoney, Holger Spamann and Mark Weinstein
University of Southern California Gould School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, Harvard Law School and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department
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legal origin, colonial origin, colonial history, economic growth, civil law, common law

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The Origins of the Blue Sky Laws: A Test of Competing Hypotheses

UVA Law & Economics Research Paper No. 01-11
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Jan 2002
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law
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Blue sky laws, political choice, event history

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Norms, Repeated Games, and the Role of Law

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Norms, Repeated Games, and the Role of Law

UVA Law and Economics Research Paper No. 02-3
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 16 May 2002
Chris William Sanchirico and Paul G. Mahoney
University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Norms, Repeated Games, and the Role of Law

U of Penn. Law School, Public Law Working Paper 41; U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper 03-24
Posted: 06 Aug 2003
Paul G. Mahoney and Chris William Sanchirico
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School

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social norms, game theory, repeated games, counterfactual problem, third-party enforcement problem, subgame perfection, tit-for-tat, def-for-dev, grim strategy

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Legal Origin?

35 Journal of Comparative Economics 278-293 (2007), University of Southern California CLEO Research Paper No. C07-5, University of Southern California Law Legal Studies Paper No. 07-3
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2014
Daniel M. Klerman and Paul G. Mahoney
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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The Regulation of Trading Markets: A Survey and Evaluation

Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2017-07
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 19 Apr 2017
Paul G. Mahoney and Gabriel V. Rauterberg
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Michigan Law School
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market regulation, market structure

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General and Specific Legal Rules

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper 04-13
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Jul 2004
Paul G. Mahoney and Chris William Sanchirico
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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legal rules, general versus specific rules, lobbying, rules versus standards, simple versus complex rules

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Mandatory vs. Contractual Disclosure in Securities Markets: Evidence from the 1930s

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Feb 2006
Paul G. Mahoney and Jianping Mei
University of Virginia School of Law and New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance
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Mandatory disclosure, securities laws

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Adam Smith, Prophet of Law & Economics

Journal of Legal Studies, Forthcoming, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2016-5
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2017
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law
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Adam Smith, jurisprudence, law & economics

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Norms and Signals: Some Skeptical Observations

UVA Law & Economics Research Paper No. 01-7
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 21 Nov 2001
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law
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Deregulation and the Subprime Crisis

Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2017-08
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 24 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2017
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law
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deregulation, financial crisis, prudential regulation

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The Development of Securities Law in the United States

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 29 Apr 2009
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Public Utility Pyramids

Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2010-09
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2011
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law
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Corporate Structure, Pyramids, Concentrated Ownership, Public Utilities

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Trust and Opportunism in Close Corporations

NBER Working Paper No. w6819
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 31 Dec 1998 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2010
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law
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Editor's Introduction

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 239-275, 1999
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Paul G. Mahoney and Mark Weinstein
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department

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Were the Stock Pools Manipulative?

University of Virginia Legal Studies Working Paper No. 96-8
Posted: 13 Jun 1998
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law

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The Exchange as Regulator

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 7, 1997
Posted: 25 Jul 1997
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law

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Technology, Property Rights in Information, and Securities Regulation

Washington University Law Quarterly Symposium on Electronic Technology and Securities Regulation, Vol. 75, No. 2 (1997).
Posted: 11 Jun 1997
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law

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Contract Remedies: A Survey and Critique

Boudewijn Bouckaert and Gerrit De Geest (eds.), Encyclopedia of Law & Economics, Edward Elgar, Cheltemham, 1997, No. 7400
Posted: 10 Mar 1997
Paul G. Mahoney
University of Virginia School of Law

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