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Oliver Hart

Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor

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    Hart is currently the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1993. He is the 2016 co-recipient of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the British Academy, and the American Finance Association, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, and has several honorary degrees. Hart works mainly on contract theory, the theory of the firm, corporate finance, and law and economics. His research centers on the roles that ownership structure and contractual arrangements play in the governance and boundaries of corporations. He has published a book (Firms, Contracts, and Financial Structure, Oxford University Press, 1995) and numerous journal articles. He has used his theoretical work on firms and contracts in several legal cases. He has been president of the American Law and Economics Association and a vice president of the American Economic Association.

     

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Littauer Center 220
ohart@harvard.edu
Tel: 617-496-3461
Fax: 617-495-7730

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By appointment Wednesdays 1:30-3:00.
Please email ohart@harvard.edu in advance.

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Littauer Center, Room 118
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Tel: 617-496-3960
Fax: 617-495-7730

Recent Publications

  • Exit vs. Voice (Revised, December 2020)
  • An Innovative Way to Prevent Adversarial Supplier Relationships
  • Overcoming Contractual Incompleteness: The Role of Guiding Principles (new version, September, 2020)
  • A New Approach to Contracts
  • Companies Should Maximize Shareholder Welfare Not Market Value
  • Serving Shareholders Doesn't Mean Putting Profit Above All Else
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