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Stephen Choi

New York University

Business Law, Empirical Legal Scholarship

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Business Law

Empirical Legal Scholarship

Professional Experience

Professor: New York University; Current

Education

Harvard Law School: J.D.; Honors: magna cum laude; Fay Diploma (Awarded to the J.D. candidate in the graduating class with the highest combined GPA for three years of study at Harvard Law School), Sears Prize, Irving Oberman Memorial Award, and John M. Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics

Harvard Law School: Ph.D. | Economics; Teaching Assistant, Microeconomics and Non-Resident Economics Tutor; Honors: Jacob K. Javits Fellowship in Economics and Harvard Grant in Economics.

Harvard College: A.B. | Economics; Honors: magna cum laude; John Harvard Scholarship, Harvard College Scholarship and Fulbright Fellowship, (South Korea). Summa Cum Laude Senior Honors Thesis

Professional Associations

American Law and Economics Association Executive Committee of the Business Associations Section, Association of American Law Schools: Member; Current

Committee of the Securities Regulation Section, Association of American Law Schools: Chair; Current

American Law and Economics Review: Referee; Current

Journal of Law and Economics: Referee; Current

Journal of Legal Studies: Referee; Current

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, and International Review of Law and Economics: Referee; Current

Council on Foreign Relations: Term Member; 2000 - 2005

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Speaking Engagements

A Defense of Shareholder Favoritism, UC Berkeley Law and Economics Seminar, Berkeley, CA: November 2, 2008

Assessing the Cost of Regulatory Protections: Evidence on the Decision to Sell Securities Outside the United States, University of Michigan, Law and Economics Seminar, Ann Arbor, MI: November 2, 2008

Assessing the Cost of Regulatory Protections: Evidence on the Decision to Sell Securities Outside the United States, NYU and Columbia Law School Joint Law and Economics Seminar: November 2, 2008

What Determines the Board of Directors, CEOs and Firm-Specific Investments in Human Capital, Georgetown Law Center, Washington, D.C.: November 2, 2008; Conference on Highly-Skilled Employees

A Defense of Shareholder Favoritism, Sloan Corporate Governance Conference, Washington, D.C.: October 2, 2008; Georgetown Law Center

Assessing the Cost of Regulatory Protections: Evidence on the Decision to Sell Securities Outside the United States, UCLA Conference on Corporate Governance, Los Angeles, CA: October 2, 2008

Promoting Issuer Choice in Securities Regulation, Charlottesville,VA: October 2, 2008; University of Virginia Law School; Sokol Conference on International Securities Regulation

Assessing Regulatory Alternatives to Globalizing Securities Markets, Tel Aviv University Law School, CEGLA Institute Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel: June 2, 2008

Proxy Issue Proposals: Testing the Impact of the 1992 SEC Reforms, American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY: May 2, 2008

The Informational Effect of an Offshore Securities Offering: Evaluating the Risk to U.S. Investors, Washington University Law Quarterly Symposium, St Louis, MO: March 2, 2008; Symposium on Securities Regulation

Assessing the Cost of Regulatory Protections: Evidence on the Decision to Sell Securities Outside the United States, Harvard Law and Economics Workshop: February 2, 2008

Internalizing Outsider Trading, Harvard Faculty Workshop, Cambridge, MA: February 2, 2008

Law, Finance, and Path Dependence: Developing Strong Securities Markets, Austin, TX: February 2, 2008; University of Texas; Conference on What We Know and Don't Know about the Impact of Legal Services on the American Economy and Polity,

Law, Finance, and Path Dependence: Developing Strong Securities Markets, International Transactions Symposium Workshop, Sacramento, CA: February 2, 2008; McGeorge School of Law

Playing Favorites with Shareholders, Harvard Law and Economics, Cambridge, MA: February 2, 2008

Selective Disclosures in Public Capital Markets, Davis, CA: February 2, 2008; UC Davis Law School; Symposium on Corporate Governance

Selective Disclosures in Public Capital Markets, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Lunch Workshop, New York, NY: February 2, 2008

Assessing the Cost of Regulatory Protections: Evidence on the Decision to Sell Securities Outside the United States, Yale Faculty Workshop, New Haven, CT: January 2, 2008

Internalizing Outsider Trading, UC Berkeley Law Faculty Workshop, Berkeley, CA: January 2, 2008

Contract as Statute, American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA: May 1, 2006

The Market Penalty for Mutual Fund Scandals, American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA: May 1, 2006

The Law Firm and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, Nashville, TN: April 1, 2006; Vanderbilt Law School

The Market Penalty for Mutual Fund Scandals, Yale Corporate Law Roundtable, New Haven, CT: April 1, 2006

The Market Penalty for Mutual Fund Scandals, NYU Law School Law and Economics Lunch Workshop, New York, NY: April 1, 2006

The Market Penalty for Mutual Fund Scandals, New York, NY: February 1, 2006; NYU Stern School of Business

The Market Penalty for Mutual Fund Scandals, New York, NY: February 1, 2006; Fordham Law School

Thoughts on the Regulation of Analysts in Canada, New York, NY: February 1, 2006; Presentation to the Task Force to Modernize Securities Legislation in Canada

Lecture on U.S. Securities Regulation, Seoul, Korea: December 1, 2005; WooYun Law Firm

The Market Penalty for Mutual Fund Scandals, Nashville, TN: November 1, 2005; Vanderbilt Law School

The Market Penalty for Mutual Fund Scandals, Murphy Conference, New York, NY: November 1, 2005; Fordham Law School

Behavioral Economics and the Regulation of Public Offerings, Portland, OR: September 1, 2005; Lewis and Clark Law School

Contract as Statute: September 1, 2005

Do the Merits Matter Less After the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act?, American Law and Economics Association Annual Meetings, New York, NY: May 1, 2005

Comment on Gande and Parsley, Sovereign Credit Ratings, Transparency, and Portfolio Flows, Nashville, TN: March 1, 2005; Vanderbilt Law School

Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: The Case of Sovereign Bonds, Nashville, TN: March 1, 2005; Vanderbilt Law School

Do the Merits Matter Less After the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act?, NYU-U Penn Center for Law and Business Conference, New York, NY: February 1, 2005

A Defense of Shareholder Favoritism as applied to Korea, Korean Development Institute Conference, Seoul, Korea: November 1, 2004

Comment on Kyung Suh Park, Eunjung Lee, Hasung Jang, Why does managerial misconduct persist? The role of controlling shareholders in corporate governance, Korean Development Institute Conference, Seoul, Korea: November 1, 2004

Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: The Case of Sovereign Bonds, UN-Sponsored Conference, New York, NY: October 1, 2004

Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: The Case of Sovereign Bonds, Cambridge, MA: September 1, 2004; Conference Sponsored by the Program on the Legal Profession

Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: The Case of Sovereign Bonds, Philadelphia, PA: September 1, 2004; Faculty Workshop University of Pennsylvania Law School

Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: The Case of Sovereign Bonds, New York, NY: September 1, 2004; Faculty Workshop

Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: The Case of Sovereign Bonds, Los Angeles, CA: September 1, 2004; USC Law School; Faculty Workshop

Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: The Case of Sovereign Bonds, Durham, NC: August 1, 2004; Duke University Law School; Faculty Workshop

Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: The Case of Sovereign Bonds, Chicago, IL: August 1, 2004; Northwestern University Law School; Faculty Workshop

CEO/CFO Certification in Korea, Korea Telecom Corporate Governance Seminar, Korea: July 1, 2004

CEO/CFO Certification in Korea, Seoul, Korea: July 1, 2004; Woo Yun Kang Jeong & Han law firm

CEO/CFO Certification in Korea, CFO Roundtable, Seoul, Korea: July 1, 2004

Choosing the Next Supreme Court Justice: An Empirical Ranking of Judicial Performance, American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL: May 1, 2004

Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: The Case of Sovereign Bonds,, American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL: May 1, 2004

Choosing the Next Supreme Court Justice: An Empirical Ranking of Judicial Performance, Boston University Law School Workshop, Boston, MA: April 1, 2004

Do the Merits Matter Less After the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act?, University of Michigan Law School Faculty Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI: April 1, 2004

Evidence on Securities Class Actions, 10th ILEP Conference, Miami, FL: April 1, 2004

Do the Merits Matter Less After the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act?, USC/UCLA Corporate Roundtable, Los Angeles, CA: March 1, 2004

Do the Merits Matter Less After the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act?, Stanford Law and Economics Seminar, Stanford, CA: March 1, 2004

Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: The Case of Sovereign Bonds, Nashville, TN: March 1, 2004; Vanderbilt Law School

Comment on Bushman et al. Insider Trading Restrictions and Analysts' Incentives to Follow Firms,, Olin Conference, Charlottesville, VA: February 1, 2004; Virginia Law School

Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: The Case of Sovereign Bonds, Washington, D.C.: February 1, 2004; Georgetown Law School

Should Issuers Be On the Hook for Laddering?, Cincinnati, OH: February 1, 2004; University of Cincinnati Law School

Comment on Kim and Jun s Enforcing the Corporate Governance Structure through Court: The Korean Experience,, Korea Development Institute Conference, Seoul, Korea: December 1, 2003

Comment on Song s Ineffective Derivative Suits in Korea, Korea Development Institute Conference, Seoul, Korea: December 1, 2003

Running a Tournament of Judges, UC Berkeley Faculty Workshop, Berkeley,CA: December 1, 2003

Securities Class Actions in Korea?, Korea Development Institute Conference, Seoul, Korea: December 1, 2003

Running a Tournament of Judges, Georgetown Faculty Workshop, Washington, D.C.: November 1, 2003

Running a Tournament of Judges, Charlottesville, VA: November 1, 2003; University of Virginia Law School

Behavioral Economics and the SEC, New York, NY: September 1, 2003

Behavioral Economics and the SEC, American Law and Economics Association Annual Meetings, Toronto, Canada: September 1, 2003

How to Fix Wall Street: A Voucher Financing Proposal, American Law and Economics Association Annual Meetings, Toronto, Canada: September 1, 2003

The Role of Institutions in Developing Strong Securities Markets, Boalt Business Law Journal Symposiu, Berkeley, CA: August 1, 2003; UC Berkeley Law School

The Role of Institutions in Developing Strong Securities Markets, Honolulu, HI: July 1, 2003; East-West Center

Behavioral Economics and the SEC, Chapel Hill, N.C.: February 1, 2003; UNC-Chapel Hill

Behavioral Economics and the SEC, Washington, D.C.: February 1, 2003; Georgetown Law School

Behavioral Economics and the SEC, Washington St. Louis Law School Faculty Workshop, St. Louis, MO: January 1, 2003

How to Fix Wall Street: A Voucher Financing Proposal, AALS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.: January 1, 2003

How to Fix Wall Street: A Voucher Financing Proposal, UC Berkeley Law and Economics Seminar, Berkeley,CA: November 1, 2002

How to Fix Wall Street: A Voucher Financing Proposal, UCLA/USC Corporate Law Conference, Los Angeles, CA: November 1, 2002

Chair and Panelist, Implications of Sarbanes Oxley Panel, Capital Summit Conference, Santa Clara, CA: October 1, 2002; Garage Technology Ventures

Implications of Enron, Berkeley,CA: October 1, 2002; Boalt Alumni Presentation

Lectures on U.S. Securities Regulations, Davis, CA: August 1, 2002; UC Davis Law School

Comparing American and Korean Legal Education Systems, Faculty Workshop, Seoul, Korea: May 1, 2002; Seoul National University Law School

Establishing a New Stock Market for Shareholder Value Oriented Firms in Korea, Korean Corporate Governance Conference, Seoul, Korea: May 1, 2002

Lecture on Global Securities Market Competition, Seoul, Korea: May 1, 2002; Seoul National University Law School

Thoughts on Business Law Research and Effective Teaching, Berkeley, CA: January 2, 1999; Boalt Hall School of Law Alumni Association

Market Lessons for Gatekeepers, American Law and Economics Association Meetings, Berkeley, CA: May 2, 1998

Empirical Evidence on Regulation S Offerings: Assessing the Cost of U.S.Regulatory Protections, Yale Law & Economics Seminar, New Haven, CT: March 2, 1998

Gatekeepers and the Internet: Rethinking the Regulation of Small Business Capital Formation, Lewis and Clark Law School Symposium, Portland, OR: September 1, 1997

Gatekeepers and the Internet: Rethinking the Regulation of Small Business Capital Formation, American Bankruptcy Judge Conference, Chicago, IL: September 1, 1997

Proxy Issue Contests: Testing the Impact of the 1992 Reforms, Cambridge, MA: August 1, 1997; National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute

Proxy Issue Contests: Testing the Impact of the 1992 Reforms, Chicago, IL: May 1, 1997; University of Chicago Alumni Presentation

Proxy Issue Contests: Testing the Impact of the 1992 Reforms, University of Chicago Faculty Workshop, Chicago, IL: May 1, 1997

Diversity in the Pool of Standard Contract Terms, Diversity in the Pool of Standard Contract Terms, Chicago, IL: May 1, 1996

Fraud in the New Issues Market, Stanford Faculty Workshop, Stanford, CA: March 1, 1996

Fraud in the New Issues Market, UC Berkeley Faculty Workshop, Berkeley, CA: March 1, 1996

Fraud in the New Issues Market, USC Faculty Workshop, Los Angeles, CA: February 1, 1996

Modeling the Incentives to Commit Securities Fraud, Caltech Law and Economics Workshop, Pasadena, CA: February 1, 1996

Diversity in the Pool of Standard Contract Terms, Harvard Law and Economics Research Workshop, Cambridge, MA: November 1, 1995

Fraud in the New Issues Market, University of Chicago Law and Economics Workshop, Chicago, IL: October 1, 1995

Fraud in the New Issues Market, Harvard Law and Economics Research Workshop, Cambridge, MA: December 1, 1993

Initial Public Offerings: Class Actions as Insurance, Harvard Law and Economics Research Workshop, Cambridge, MA: December 1, 1992

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