The Contracting and Organizations
Research Institute was founded to encourage and enable empirical research
on contracting and organizational structure, drawing on such fields as economics,
law, business, and related social sciences. CORI Fellows are engaged in
a variety a research topics in the areas of corporate governance, contractual
relations, and organizational structure, as well as political and legal institutions
The CORI Working Paper Series is hosted by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Abstracts and copies of papers are accessible directly from SSRN by clicking on the working paper number. Articles are listed below by general topic area, including a short list of the most recent additions to the series.
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Most Recent Papers |
Corporate Governance |
Contracting & Integration
Internal Organization |
Political & Legal Institutions
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#2004-07,"The Make-or-Buy Decision: Lessons from Empirical Studies," Peter G. Klein
#2004-06,"Public Trust and Support for Biotechnology: Lessons for Post-Market Surveillance of GM Foods," Harvey S. James, Jr.
#2004-05,"A Secondary Market Test of the Merits of Class Action Securities Litigation: Evidence from the Reputation of Corporate Directors," Eric Helland
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#2004-05,"A Secondary Market Test of the Merits of Class Action Securities Litigation: Evidence from the Reputation of Corporate Directors," Eric Helland
#2003-06,"Universal Banking and Conflicts of Interest: Evidance from German Initial Public Offerings," Peter G. Klein and Kathrin Zoeller
#2003-05,"Regulation and the Evolution of Corporate Boards: Monitoring, Advising or Window Dressing?," Eric Helland and Michael Sykuta
(forthcoming in Journal of Law and Economics, April 2004)
#2003-03,"Peering Into
a Cloudy Crystal Ball: Analysts Recommendations Preceding Bankruptcy," Jonathan
Clark, Stephen P. Ferris, and Jinsoo Lee
#2003-02,"Who's Monitoring
the Monitor? Do Outside Directors Protect Shareholders' Interest?" Eric Helland
and Michael Sykuta
(forthcoming in Financial Review)
#2002-03, "The Price
of Corporate Acquisition: Determinants of Takeover Premia," Vijay B. Gondhalekar,
R. Raymond Sant, and Stephen P. Ferris
#2001-03,"Derivative
lawsuits as a corporate governance mechanism: Empirical evidence on board
changes surrounding filings," Stephen P. Ferris, Robert M. Lawless, and Anil
K. Makhija
#2001-02, "Too Busy
to Mind the Business? Monitoring by Directors with Multiple Board Appointments,"
Stephen P. Ferris, Murail Jagannathan, A.C. Pritchard
#2001-01, "Deregulation
and Board Composition: Evidence on the Value of the Revolving Door," Eric
Helland and Michael Sykuta
(Revised version available as #2003-05.)
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#2004-07,"The Make-or-Buy Decision: Lessons from Empirical Studies," Peter G. Klein
#2004-01,"Organizational Economics in the Food, Agribusiness and Agricultural Sectors," Michael L. Cook and Peter J. Barry
#2004-02,"Organizational Economics in Agricultural Policy," James MacDonald, Mary Ahearn and David Banker
#2004-03,"Organizational Issues in the Agri-Food Sector: Toward a Comparative Approach," Claude Ménard and Peter G. Klein
#2004-04,"Organizational Economics in the U.S. Agricultural Sector and the Contracting and Organizatons Research Institute," Michael Sykuta and Harvey S. James, Jr.
#2003-10, "Financial Contracting and Managerial Flexibility," Luis Garcia-Feijóo and John S. Howe
#2002-01, "Contract
Structure and Design in Identity Preserved Soybean Production," Michael E.
Sykuta and Joe Parcell
(published in Review of Agricultural Economics, 25(2), 2003)
#2001-04, "A New Institutional
Economics Approach to Contracts and Cooperatives," Michael E. Sykuta and
Michael L. Cook
(published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83(5), 2001)
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#2003-07,"Organizational Antecedents of Trust in Producer-owned Firms," Harvey S. James, Jr., and Michael Sykuta
#2003-06,"Universal Banking and Conflicts of Interest: Evidance from German Initial Public Offerings," Peter G. Klein and Kathrin Zoeller
#2003-01, "Why Does
The Introduction of Monetary Compensation Produce A Reduction In Performance?"
Harvey S. James, Jr.
#2001-06, "Why Are There
Explicit Contracts of Employment?" Harvey S. James, Jr., and Derek M. Johnson
#2001-05, "A Legal Basis
for Workers as Agents: Employment Contracts, Common Law, and the Theory of
the Firm," Harvey S. James, Jr.
(published in International Journal of the Economics of Business,
10(1), 2003)
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#2004-06,"Public Trust and Support for Biotechnology: Lessons for Post-Market Surveillance of GM Foods," Harvey S. James, Jr.
#2004-05,"A Secondary Market Test of the Merits of Class Action Securities Litigation: Evidence from the Reputation of Corporate Directors," Eric Helland
#2004-02,"Organizational Economics in Agricultural Policy," James MacDonald, Mary Ahearn and David Banker
#2003-09,"Valuing 1933 Act Registration Rights," Royce de R. Barondes
#2003-08,"Law Firm Prestige and Performance in IPOs: Underwriters' Counsel as Gatekeeper or Turnstile," Royce de R. Barondes, Charles Nyce and Gary C. Sanger
#2003-05,"Regulation and the Evolution of Corporate Boards: Monitoring, Advising or Window Dressing?," Eric Helland and Michael Sykuta
(forthcoming in Journal of Law and Economics April 2004)
#2003-04, "Politics, Economics, and the Regulation of Direct Interstate Shipping in the Wine Industry," Gina Riekhof and Michael Sykuta
(revised version, April 2004)
#2002-02, "Politics
and Productivity," Peter G. Klein and Hung Luu
(published in Economic Inquiry, 41(3), 2003)
#2001-05, "A Legal Basis
for Workers as Agents: Employment Contracts, Common Law, and the Theory of
the Firm," Harvey S. James, Jr.
(published in International Journal of the Economics of Business,
10(1), 2003)
#2001-01, "Deregulation
and Board Composition: Evidence on the Value of the Revolving Door," Eric
Helland and Michael Sykuta
(Revised version available as #2003-05.)
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