My research focuses on the relationship between legal institutions and economic
organizations and development, particularly in comparative perspective. Much of my
scholarship is in the field of comparative corporate governance, but I have also written
about organized crime, financial regulation, the legal profession, foreign investment,
and the economic institutions used by authoritarian political regimes. I am particularly
interested in East Asia, and have written widely on Japan and to a lesser extent China
and Korea. 

I direct the Center for Japanese Legal Studies at Columbia Law School, which promotes
research and fosters intellectual exchange between the legal professions of the U.S. and
Japan.

Articles

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Is the U.S. Ready for FDI from China? Lessons from Japan's Experience in the 1980s, Investing in the United States: A Reference Series for Chinese Investors (2008)
 

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Reputational Sanctions in China's Securities Market, Columbia Law Review (2008)
 

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Sovereign Wealth Funds and Corporate Governance, Stanford Law Review (2008)
 

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In the Shadow of Delaware?: The Rise of Hostile Takeovers in Japan, Columbia Law Review (2005)
 

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Non-Profit Organizations as Investor Protection: Economic Theory, and Evidence from East Asia, Yale Journal of International Law (2004)
 

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Books

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Law and Capitalism: What Corporate Crises Reveal about Legal Systems and Economic Growth Around the World (2008)
 

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Economic Organizations and Corporate Governance in Japan (2004)
 

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Global Markets, Domestic Institutions (2003)
 

Contributions to Books

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Introduction, Transforming Corporate Governance in East Asia (2008)