Mark J. Roe is the David Berg Professor of Law at

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, appointed in 2001. Roe is the author of ''Strong Managers, Weak Owners'' (Princeton, 1994) and ''Political Determinants of Corporate Governance'' (Oxford, 2003), in which he shows underlying connections between business structures and national political configurations. He explores the

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of American corporate lawmaking in a series of articles, two of which are published in the ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also comments on business and finance legal issues in such publications as the ''Financial Times'', ''Forbes'', and ''The Wall Street Journal''. He has opinion pieces in these journals on the General Motors bankruptcy, derivatives debilities in the financial crisis of 2008, and shortcomings of the 2010 financial reform. He received his B.A. from

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in 1972, and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1975. Prior to joining the Harvard faculty, he held positions at

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and the

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. He is a member of the

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and a regular contributor to Project Syndicate since 2004. ..

References

External links

Harvard Law School Profile of Professor Roe

WSJ Article: Would a GM Bankruptcy Crash Its Suppliers?

WSJ Article: Derivatives Clearinghouses Are No Magic Bullet
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