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Roberta Romano

Roberta Romano

Sterling Professor of Law; Director of the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law

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Education

  • JD, Yale University, 1980
  • MA, University of Chicago, 1975
  • BA, University of Rochester, 1973

Selected Works

Articles

  • For Diversity in the International Regulation of Financial Institutions: Critiquing and Recalibrating the Basel Architecture
    R. Romano
    Yale Journal on Regulation
    2014
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  • Getting Incentives Right: Is Deferred Bank Executive Compensation Sufficient?
    R. Romano, Sanjai Bhagat, & B. Bolton
    Yale Journal on Regulation
    2014

Books

  • Foundations of Corporate Law
    R. Romano
    2010
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  • The Advantage of Competitive Federalism for Securities Regulation
    R. Romano
    2002

  • The Genius of American Corporate Law
    R. Romano
    2002

Achievements

  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Since 1995
  • Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Since 1999
  • Fellow, European Corporate Governance Institute, Since 2002
  • President, American Law & Economics Association, 1998-1999
  • President, Society for Empirical Legal Studies, 2009-2010
  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Law Prize, European Corporate Governance Institute Working Paper Series in Law, 2008
  • Annual Poll of 10 Best Corporate and Securities Articles, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2009
  • Yale Law Women Faculty Excellence Award, 2007, 2014
  • Yale Law Women Teaching Award, 1997