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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#2007-01, "Markets, Contracts or Integration? The Adoption, Diffusion and Evolution of Organizational Form," Harvey S. James, Jr., Peter G. Klein, and Michael E. Sykuta
#2006-02, "Original and Derived Judgment: An Entrepreneurial Theory of Economic Organization," Kirsten Foss, Nicolai J. Foss, and Peter G. Klein (forthcoming in Organization Studies, 2007)
#2006-01,
"The Entrepreneurial Organization of Heterogeneous Capital," Kirsten Foss, Nicolai J. Foss, Peter G. Klein, and Sandra
K. Klein (forthcoming in Journal of Management Studies, 2007)
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#2005-08,
"Fiduciary Duties in Distressed Corporations: Second Generation Issues," Royce de R. Barondes
(forthcoming in Journal of Business and Technology Law, 2007)
#2004-13,"The Influence of State Legal Environments on Firm Incorporation Decisions and Values," Stephen P. Ferris, Robert M. Lawless, and Gregory Noroha
#2004-05,"A Secondary Market Test of the Merits of Class Action Securities Litigation: Evidence from the Reputation of Corporate Directors," Eric Helland (published as "Reputation Penalties and the Merits of Class Action Securities Litigation" in Journal of Law and Economics, 49(2), 2006)
#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
(published in Journal of Law and Economics, 47(1), 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
(published in Financial Review, 40(2), 2005)
#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 (publishd in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 42(1), 2007)
#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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#2007-01, "Markets, Contracts or Integration? The Adoption, Diffusion and Evolution of Organizational Form," Harvey S. James, Jr., Peter G. Klein, and Michael E. Sykuta
#2005-04 ,"New Institutional Econometrics" Michael E. Sykuta (forthcoming in Eric Brousseau and Jean-Michel Glachant, eds., New Institutional Economics: A Textbook, Cambridge University Press)
#2005-01
,"Evaluating Bundled Discounts," Thomas Andrew Lambert (published in Minnesota Law Review, 89, 2005)
#2004-14,"Farmer Trust in Producer- and Investor-owned Firms: Evidence from Missouri Corn and Soybean Producers," Harvey S. James, Jr., and Michael Sykuta (published in Agribusiness: An International Journal, 22(1), 2006)
#2004-09,"Entrepreneurship and the Economic Theory of the Firm: Any Gains from Trade?" Nicolai J. Foss and Peter G. Klein
(forthcoming in Rajshree Agarwal, Sharon A. Alvarez, and Olav Sorenson, eds., Handbook of Entrepreneurship: Disciplinary Perspectives, Kluwer)
#2004-07,"The Make-or-Buy Decision: Lessons from Empirical Studies," Peter G. Klein
(forthcoming in Claude Ménard and Mary Shirley, eds., Handbook of New Institutional Economics, Kluwer)
#2004-01,"Organizational Economics in the Food, Agribusiness and Agricultural Sectors," Michael L. Cook and Peter J. Barry
(published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(3), 2004)
#2004-02,"Organizational Economics in Agricultural Policy," James MacDonald, Mary Ahearn and David Banker
(published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(3), 2004)
#2004-03,"Organizational Issues in the Agri-Food Sector: Toward a Comparative Approach," Claude Ménard and Peter G. Klein
(published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(3), 2004)
#2004-04,"Organizational Economics in the U.S. Agricultural Sector and the Contracting and Organizatons Research Institute," Michael Sykuta and Harvey S. James, Jr.
(published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(3), 2004)
#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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Organization |
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#2006-02,
"Original and Derived Judgment: An Entrepreneurial Theory of Economic Organization,"
Kirsten Foss, Nicolai J. Foss, and Peter G. Klein (forthcoming in Organization Studies, 2007)
#2006-01,
"The Entrepreneurial Organization of Heterogeneous Capital," Kirsten Foss, Nicolai J. Foss, Peter G. Klein, and Sandra
K. Klein (forthcoming in Journal of Management Studies, 2007)
#2005-06,
"Organizational Structure and the Diversification Discount: Evidence from Commercial Banking," Peter G. Klein and Marc R. Saidenberg
#2005-03,
"The Theory of the Firm and Its Critics: A Stocktaking and Assessment," Nicolai J. Foss and Peter G. Klein
#2004-08,"Correcting for Self-selection Bias in Business Ethics Research," Harvey S. James, Jr.
#2003-07,"Organizational Antecedents of Trust in Producer-owned Firms," Harvey S. James, Jr., and Michael Sykuta (published as "Property Rights and Organizational Characteristics in Producer-Owned Firms and Organizational Trust" in Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 76(4), 2005)
#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.
(forthcoming in Journal of Economic Psychology retitled as "Why Did You Do That? An Economic Examination of the Effect of Extrinsic Compensation on Intrinsic Motivation and Performance")
#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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#2005-05,
"Correcting the Empirical Foundations of IPO-Pricing Regulation," Royce de R. Barondes
#2004-11,"Should Antitrust Education be Mandatory (for Law School Administrators)?," Royce de R. Barondes and Thomas A. Lambert
#2004-10,"NASD Regulation of IPO Conflicts of Interest - Does Gatekeeping Work?," Royce de R. Barondes
#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
(published in Journal of Law and Economics, 47(1), 2004)
#2003-04, "Politics, Economics, and the Regulation of Direct Interstate Shipping in the Wine Industry," Gina Riekhof and Michael Sykuta
(published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 87(2), 2005)
#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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