Laura N. Beny

Professor of Law
Member of University of Michigan Law School Faculty 2003-

Forthcoming

• Co-editor. Sudan's Killing Fields. S. Hale, co-editor. Forthcoming.
• "The Empirical Evidence on the Regulation of Insider Trading." Ann. Rev. L. & Soc. Sci. (Forthcoming).
• "Beyond Economics: Slavery in the Sudan as Genocide." In Sudan's Killing Fields, edited by L. N. Beny and S. Hale. Forthcoming.

Book Chapters

• Co-author. "Seychelles (County Profiles)." L. D. Cook, co-author. In Africa Competitiveness Rep, vol. 2000/2001, 196-9. New York, N.Y.: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)

Journal Articles

• Co-author. "Metals or Management? Explaining Africa's Recent Economic Growth Spurt." L. D. Cook, co-author. Am. Econ. Rev. 99, no. 2 (2009): 268-74.
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• "Do Investors in Controlled Firms Value Insider Trading Laws? International Evidence." J. L. Econ. & Pol'y 4, no. 2 (2008): 267-310.
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• "Insider Trading Rules Can Affect Attractiveness of Country's Stock Markets." Law Quad. Notes 50, no. 1 (2007): 73-5.
  MLaw Catalog
• "Insider Trading Laws and Stock Markets Around the World: An Empirical Contribution to the Theoretical Law and Economics Debate." J. Corp. L. 32, no. 2 (2007): 237-300.
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• "Why Sudan? Ambiguous Identities Forge Persistent Conflict." Law Quad. Notes 49, no. 2 (2006): 14-5.
  MLaw Catalog
• "A Comment on Nielsen's and Albiston's Sample Selection Methodology, and Implications for the 'Have-Nots'." N.C. L. Rev. 84, no. 5 (2006): 1623-34.
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• "Do Insider Trading Laws Matter? Some Preliminary Comparative Evidence (Symposium on Comparative Law and Economics)." Am. L. & Econ. Rev. 7, no. 1 (2005): 144-83.
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• Co-author. "Questions to Ask Before You Join a Club." P. S. Bird et al., co-authors. Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report 3, no. 2 (2003): 1, 14-6.
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• "U. S. Secondary Stock Markets: A Survey of Current Regulatory and Structural Issues and a Reform Proposal to Enhance Competition." Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 2002, no. 2 (2002): 399-473. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "Insider Trading Law, Enforcement, Ownership Structure and Stock Market Liquidity: A Comparative Empirical Analysis." FSR F. 2, no. 5 (2000): 13-25. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
• Co-author. "In Search of a Transformative Feminist Paradigm to Guide the Sudanese Women's Movement." Z. Eyega, co-author. Articles & Views (Sudan Women Alliance) (2000). (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
• "Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Slavery in the Sudan - The Failure to Address Victims' Testimony." Articles & Views (Sudan Women Alliance) (1999). (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)

Reprints (Articles and other publications reprinted in full and Law Quadrangle)

• Co-author. "Questions to Ask Before You Join a Club." P. S. Bird et al., co-authors. In Fifth Annual Private Equity Forum: Legal and Financial Strategies for Dealmaking in a New Regulatory Regime, 65-73. Corporate Law and Practice Course Handbook Series, Number B-1393. New York, N.Y.: Practising Law Institute, 2003. (Originally published under the same title in Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report 3, no. 2 (2003): 1, 14-6.)
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• Co-author. "Questions to Ask Before You Join a Club." P. S. Bird et al., co-authors. Private Equity Int'l 15 (2003): 30-3. (Originally published under the same title in Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report 3, no. 2 (2003): 1, 14-6.)

Works in Progress & Working Papers

• What Explains Insider Trading Restrictions? International Evidence on the Political Economy of Insider Trading Regulation. Univ. of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper Series, no. 08-001. Working Paper, 2008.
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• Private Regulation of Insider Trading in the Shadow of Lax Public Enforcement (and a Strong Neighbor): Evidence from Canadian Firms. A.I. Anand, co-author. Working Paper, 2008.
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• Diversity Among Elite American Law Firms: A Signal of Quality and Prestige. Univ. of Michigan Law & Economics. Working Paper, 2005. (Last revised November 2006.)
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