Selected Major Publications:

The Web of Creditor and Shareholder Protection: A Comparative Legal Network Analysis, (2010) Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law (forthcoming) (SSRN version)

A World Without Law Professors, in M. Van Hoecke (ed.), Methodology of Legal Research: Which Kind of Method(s) for What Kind of Discipline(s)?, Hart Publishing, 2010, Chapter 4 (forthcoming). (SSRN version)

The Evolution of Ownership Disclosure Rules Across Countries, (2010) 10 Journal of Corporate Law Studies 451-480 (together with M. Schouten) (SSRN version)

Convergence in Corporate Governance: A Leximetric Approach, (2010) 35 The Journal of Corporation Law 729-756 (SSRN version)

Comparative Law and Finance: Past Present and Future Research (2010) 16 Journal of Institutional & Theoretical Economics 120-140 (with S Deakin) (SSRN version)

Citation Patterms of the German Federal supreme Court and the English Court of Appeal (2010) 21 King's Law Journal 152-171 (SSRN version)

Law and Financial Development: What We are Learning from Time-Series Evidence, (2009) BYU Law Review 1435-1500 (together with J. Armour, S. Deakin and V. Mollica) (SSRN version).

Shareholder Protection and Stock Market Development: A Test of the Legal Origins Hypothesis, (2009) 6 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 343-380 (together with J. Armour, S. Deakin, P. Sarkar und A. Singh) (SSRN version)

How Do Legal Rules Evolve? Evidence from a Cross-Country Comparison of Shareholder, Creditor and Worker Protection, (2009) 57 American Journal of Comparative Law 579-629 (together with J. Armour, S. Deakin and P. Lele) (SSRN version).

Regulatory Competition in Partnership Law, (2009) 58 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 767-802 (SSRN version).

The Foundations of Securities Law, (2009) 20 European Business Law Review 141-171 (SSRN version).

Convergence in Shareholder Law, 471 + xlviii pages, Cambridge University Press, 2008 (See here for publisher’s website).

Shareholder Protection Around the World (“Leximetric II”), (2008) 33 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 111-147 (SSRN version).

Legal Originality, (2008) 28 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 147-164 (SSRN version).

Legal Liability of Directors and Company Officials Part 2: Court Procedures, Indemnification and Insurance, and Administrative and Criminal Liability, (2008) Columbia Business Law Review (together with B. Black, B. Cheffins, M. Gelter, H.-J. Kim, and R. Nolan) 1-171 (SSRN version).

The EU Market Abuse Directive: A Case-Based Analysis, (2008) 2 Law and Financial Markets Review 39-49 (SSRN version).

The Evolution of Labour Law: Calibrating and Comparing Regulatory Regimes, (2007) 146 International Labour Review 133-162 (together with S. Deakin and P. Lele) (SSRN version)

Legal Liability of Directors and Company Officials Part 1: Substantive Grounds for Liability, (2007) Columbia Business Law Review 614-799 (together with B. Black, B. Cheffins, M. Gelter, H.-J. Kim, and R. Nolan) (SSRN version).

The End of Comparative Law, (2007) 2/2 Journal of Comparative Law 133-150 (SSRN version).

SEVIC: Beyond Cross-Border-Mergers, (2007) 8 European Bu­si­ness Organization Law Review 307-316 (SSRN version).

Legal Origins: Reconciling Law & Finance and Comparative Law, (2007) 52 McGill Law Journal 55-81 (SSRN version).

Shareholder Protection – A Leximetric Approach, (2007) 7 Journal of Corporate Law Studies 17-50 (together with P. Lele) (SSRN version).

Legal Adaptability in Elbonia, (2006) 2 International Journal of Law in Context 493-408 (SSRN version).

Numerical Comparative Law – Do We Need Statistical Evidence in Order to Reduce Complexity?, (2005) 13 Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law 521-540 (SSRN version).

The Case Against Harmonisation of Shareholder Rights, (2005) 6 Euro­pean Business Organization Law Review 539-552 (SSRN version).

Judicial Federalism in the ECJ’s Berlusconi Case: Towards More Credible Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting?, (2005) 46 Harvard International Law Journal 487-506 (together with M. Gelter) (SSRN version).

What Does Not Work in Comparing Securities Laws: A Critique on La Porta et al.’s Methodology, (2005) International Company and Commercial Law Review 300-305 (updated 2007 SSRN version)

The Impact of the European Company (SE) on Legal Culture, (2005) 30 European Law Review 431-442 (SSRN version).

The European Directive on Cross-Border Mergers: An International Model?, (2004/2005) 11 Columbia Journal of European Law 167-186 (SSRN version).

Unevenly Formed Contracts: Ignoring the Mirror of Offer and Acceptance, (2004) 12 European Review of Private Law 771-788 (SSRN version).

The Divergence of Austrian and German Commer­cial Law – What Kind of Commercial Law Do We Need in a Globalised Economy?, (2004) International Company and Commercial Law Review 273-278 (SSRN version).

The Rules on Conflict of Laws in the European Takeover Directive, (2004) European Company and Financial Law Review 458-476 (SSRN version).

Disgorgement of Profits for Breach of Contract – A Comparative Analysis, (2003) 7 Edinburgh Law Review 27-59 (SSRN version).

Convergence, competition, Centros and conflicts of Law: European company Law in the 21st Century, (2002) 27 European Law Review 47-59 (SSRN version).

The EU Directive on Electronic Signatures – A World Wide Model or a Fruitless Attempt to Regulate the Future?, (2002) 16 International Review of Law, Computers & Technology 7-22 (SSRN version).

No Risk, No Fun? Should Spouses be Advised before Committing to Guarantees? A Comparative Analysis, (2002) 10 European Review of Private Law 509-528 (SSRN version).

Shareholders, Stakeholders and the Ordoliberalism, (2002) 13 European Business Law Review 147-159 (SSRN version).

Full list of publications

Please see CV (available here).