Andreas Engert

Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law

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1.

Life Without Legal Capital: Lessons from American Law

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Feb 2006
Andreas Engert
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law
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Legal capital, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, capital directive, European company law, comparative law, corporation law

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The Societas Europaea: Good News for European Firms

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 127/2009
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 May 2009 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2010
Horst Eidenmueller, Andreas Engert and Lars Hornuf
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law and University of Bremen - Faculty of Business Studies and Economics
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event study, Societas Europaea, European Company, EC company law, incorporation, charter competition, regulatory competition, legal arbitrage

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Incorporating under European Law: The Societas Europaea as a Vehicle for Legal Arbitrage

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Dec 2008
Horst Eidenmueller, Lars Hornuf and Andreas Engert
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Bremen - Faculty of Business Studies and Economics and Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law
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legal arbitrage, regulatory arbitrage, regulatory competition, charter competition, Societas Europaea, European Company, EC company law, incorporation

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Norms, Rationality, and Communication: A Reputation Theory of Social Norms

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Norms, Rationality, and Communication: A Reputation Theory of Social Norms

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Oct 2002
Andreas Engert
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law
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social norms, law and social norms, reputation, rational choice, collective good norms

Norms, Rationality, and Communication: A Reputation Theory of Social Norms

Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, Vol. 92, No. 2, 2006
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 23 Jun 2006
Andreas Engert
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law
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social norms, law and social norms, reputation, rational choice, collective good norms

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Where Do Firms Issue Debt? An Empirical Analysis of Issuer Location and Regulatory Competition in Europe

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 292/2010
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Oct 2010
Horst Eidenmueller, Andreas Engert and Lars Hornuf
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law and University of Bremen - Faculty of Business Studies and Economics
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debt securities, corporate bonds, external finance, regulatory competition, tax competition, legal arbitrage, multinational corporations, subsidiaries

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Does Charter Competition Foster Entrepreneurship? A Difference-in-Difference Approach to European Company Law Reforms

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Does Charter Competition Foster Entrepreneurship? A Difference-in-Difference Approach to European Company Law Reforms

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 308/2011
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Jan 2012
Lars Hornuf, Horst Eidenmueller, Andreas Engert and Reiner Braun
University of Bremen - Faculty of Business Studies and Economics, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law and Technische Universität München (TUM) - TUM School of Management
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entrepreneurship, regulatory competition, charter competition, corporate mobility

Does Charter Competition Foster Entrepreneurship? A Difference‐In‐Difference Approach to European Company Law Reforms

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 51, Issue 3, pp. 399-415, 2013
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 28 Mar 2013
Horst Eidenmueller, Andreas Engert and Lars Hornuf
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law and University of Bremen - Faculty of Business Studies and Economics
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Shareholder Activism in Germany

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 470/2019
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Aug 2019
Andreas Engert
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law
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shareholder activism, hedge fund activism, major shareholdings disclosure, insider trading, company secrets

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Which Related Party Transactions Should Be Subject to Ex Ante Review? Evidence from Germany

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 440/2019
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 11 Mar 2019
Andreas Engert and Tim Florstedt
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law and EBS Law School
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related party transactions, shareholder rights directive, Germany

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Why Agents Need Discretion: The Business Judgment Rule as Optimal Standard of Care

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2014
Andreas Engert and Susanne Goldlücke
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law and University of Mannheim
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Business judgment rule, standard of care, legal uncertainty, manager liability

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Why Manager Liability Fails at Controlling Systemic Risk

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Jul 2014
Andreas Engert
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law
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Manager liability, directors liability, officers liability, financial crisis, systemic risk, systemic stability, standard of care, legal uncertainty

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Market Standards in Financial Contracting: The Euro’s Effect on European Debt Securities

Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 85, 2018
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 02 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2018
Andreas Engert and Lars Hornuf
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law and University of Bremen - Faculty of Business Studies and Economics
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financial contracting, netwoerk effect, debt securitis, economic and monetary union

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Networks and Lemons in the Market for Contract Law

Eidenmüller (ed.), REGULATORY COMPETITION IN CONTRACT LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 25 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2012
Andreas Engert
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law
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law market, jurisdictional competition, regulatory competition, network effects, selection principle

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Contracting Over Private Benefits of Control

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 25 Sep 2012
Andreas Engert
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law
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private benefits of control, shareholder fiduciary duties, corporate group

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Unpacking Adaptability

Brigham Young University Law Review, p. 1553, 2009
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 Feb 2010
Andreas Engert and D. Gordon Smith
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law and Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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LLSV, legal origins, adaptability, formalism

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How (Not) to Administer a Liability Rule—The German Appraisal Procedure for Corporate Restructurings

Festschrift für Klaus J. Hopt zum 80. Geburtstag am 24. August 2020 (Festschrift for Klaus J. Hopt on his 80th Birthday on 24 August 2020), Stefan Grundmann, Hanno Merkt and Peter O. Mülbert (eds.), De Gruyter (Berlin), pp. 211–222.
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 06 Jan 2021
Andreas Engert
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law
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Mergers and acquisitions, M&A, restructuring, securities valuation, appraisal, minority shareholders, shareholder litigation, Germany

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Gleichheit zwischen Effizienz und Verteilung – rechtsökonomische Rekonstruktion eines Gerechtigkeitspostulats (Equality Between Efficiency and Distribution – A Law-and-Economics Re-Conceptualization of a Principle of Justice)

Stefan Grundmann/Jan Thiessen (Hrsg.), Von formaler zu materialer Gleichheit, Vergleichende Perspektiven aus Geschichte, Kranz der Disziplinen und Theorie, 37. Tagung für Rechtsvergleichung 2019, im Erscheinen
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 May 2021
Andreas Engert
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law
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equality, equal treatment, efficiency, social welfare function

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Allied by Surprise? The Economic Case for an Anti-Discrimination Statute

German Law Journal, Vol. 4, pp. 685-699, 2003
Posted: 19 Jul 2010
Andreas Engert
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law

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Discrimination

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Transnational Hedge Fund Regulation

European Business Organization Law Reviewv, Vol. 11, pp. 329-378, 2010
Posted: 03 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2010
Andreas Engert
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Law

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hedge funds, financial stability, systemic risk, transnational regulation, transnational law, self-regulation, private ordering, regulatory arbitrage, regulatory competition, state capture, regulatory harmonization, regulatory cooperation