Robert M. Daines
Pritzker Professor of Law and Business

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications

Robert M. Daines and Olga Koumrian, Merger Lawsuits Yield High Costs and Questionable Benefits, New York Times Dealbook, June 8, 2012.
Robert M. Daines and Tyler Shumway, Pornography and Divorce (7th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper) (June 4, 2012).
Robert M. Daines and Charles M. Jones, Truth or Consequences: Mandatory Disclosure and the Impact of the 1934 Act (draft working paper) (May 2012).
Robert M. Daines, Olga Koumrian, Recent Developments in Shareholder Litigation Involving Mergers and Acquisitions. March 2012 Update, Cornerstone Research, 2012.
Robert M. Daines, Ian D. Gow and David F. Larcker, Rating the Ratings: How Good Are Commercial Governance Ratings?, 98 Journal of Financial Economics 439 (2010).
Robert M. Daines and Michael Klausner, Economic Analysis of Corporate Law, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Lawrence E. Blume and Stephen Durlauf, eds., New York: Macmillan, 2nd ed., 2008.
Robert M. Daines and Davina Drabkin, PeopleSoft Finally Accepts Oracle's Offer(B), Stanford: Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2006.
Robert M. Daines and Davina Drabkin, Oracle's Hostile Takeover of PeopleSoft(A), Stanford: Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2006.
Robert M. Daines, The Good, the Bad, and the Lucky: CEO Pay and Skill, Stanford Lawyer, Spring 2005, p. 41.
Robert M. Daines, The Good, The Bad, And The Lucky: CEO Pay and Skill, University of Pennsylvania Institute for Law and Economics, Research Paper Series (2005). (with Vinay B. Nair and Lewis A. Kornhauser)
Robert M. Daines and Michael Klausner, Agents Protecting Agents: An Empirical Study of Takeover Defenses in Spinoffs, Stanford University Law School. Working Paper (December 16, 2004). 39 pages.
Robert M. Daines, The Incorporation Choices of IPO Firms (Initial Public Offerings), 77 New York University Law Review 1559-1611 (2002).
Robert M. Daines, Does Delaware Law Improve Firm Value?, 62 Journal of Financial Economics 525-558 (2001).
Robert M. Daines and Michael Klausner, Do IPO Charters Maximize Firm Value? Antitakeover Protection in IPOs, 17 Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 83-120 (April 2001).
Robert M. Daines, Is There a Delaware Premium?, 21 Corporate Board 22-26 (May/June 2000).
Robert M. Daines, The Corporate Law Paradox: The Case for Restructuring Corporate Law (Book Review of The Economic Structure of Corporate Law, by Frank H. Easterbrook and Daniel R. Fischel, 102 Yale Law Journal 577-637 (1992).

daines@stanford.edu

650.736.2684

Curriculum Vitae

SSRN Published Papers

Education:

BS BA Brigham Young University 1989
JD Yale Law School 1992

Expertise:

Business and Corporate Law
Corporate Governance
Law and Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions