I will be a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California Berkeley - School of Law for the 2008-09 academic year. I am currently finishing a Ph.D. in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy department at UC Berkeley, where I focus on law and economics. I received a J.D. from the University of Michigan, and worked as an associate attorney in Chicago at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, practicing corporate law and securities regulation. My research interests include corporate law, law and social norms, venture capital contracting, and other areas related to business regulation. My dissertation examines the role of independent directors and the risk of opportunistic conduct in firms financed by venture capital.
Articles
Charity, Publicity, and the Donation Registry (with Robert Cooter), The Economists' Voice (2006)
Many Americans donate little or nothing to charity, but according to Robert Cooter and Brian...
Working Papers
The Role of Independent Directors in VC-Backed Firms (2008)
This paper seeks to explain the widespread use of independent directors in the governance of...
Renegotiation of Cash Flow Rights in the Sale of VC-Backed Firms (with Jesse Fried) (2008)
Incomplete contracting theory suggests that VC cash flow rights – including liquidation preferences – may...
Charity and Information: Correcting the Failure of a Disjunctive Social Norm (with Robert Cooter) (2008)
While some people donate much to charity, most Americans donate little or nothing. Experiments in...
Independent Directors and Board Control in Venture Finance (2008)
The financial contracting literature treats control as an indivisible right held either by a firm’s...