# Publications Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 91 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by Year of PublicationAlphabetical A-Z sort ## 91 results Download 91 citations download- [BibTeX](/node/697786/export?format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/node/697786/export?format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/node/697786/export?format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/node/697786/export?format=tagged) - [Marc](/node/697786/export?format=marc) - [PubMedId](/node/697786/export?format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/node/697786/export?format=ris) ### 2026 Hart, Oliver, Helene Landemore, and Luigi Zingales. 2026. *[How To Implement Shareholder Democracy](/publication/how-implement-shareholder-democracy)*. Forthcoming Harvard Business Law Review. Hart, Oliver, Helene Landemore, and Luigi Zingales. 2026. *[How To Implement Shareholder Democracy](/publication/how-implement-shareholder-democracy)*. Forthcoming Harvard Business Law Review. - [ picture\_as\_pdfShareholder Democracy 060...](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/2026-06/Shareholder%20Democracy%20060426_0.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfShareholder Democracy 060...](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/2026-06/Shareholder%20Democracy%20060426_0.pdf) ### 2024 Frydlinger, David, and Oliver Hart. 2024. “[Overcoming Contractual Incompleteness: The Role of Guiding Principles](/publications/overcoming-contractual-incompleteness-role-guiding-principals)”. *The Journal of Law, Economics and Organization. 40, (3): 625-647*. Frydlinger, David, and Oliver Hart. 2024. “[Overcoming Contractual Incompleteness: The Role of Guiding Principles](/publications/overcoming-contractual-incompleteness-role-guiding-principals)”. *The Journal of Law, Economics and Organization. 40, (3): 625-647*. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://academic.oup.com/jleo/article/40/3/625/7000797) - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/overcoming_contractual_incompleteness_111824.pdf) Transactions of any complexity between buyers and sellers are supported by long-term contracts and these contracts are inevitably incomplete. We propose an approach for overcoming contractual incompleteness based on the idea that most people are inclined... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://academic.oup.com/jleo/article/40/3/625/7000797) - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/overcoming_contractual_incompleteness_111824.pdf) Hart, Oliver, David Thesmar, and Luigi Zingales. 2024. “[Private Sanctions](/publications/private-sanctions)”. *Economic Policy January 2024*, 203-68. Hart, Oliver, David Thesmar, and Luigi Zingales. 2024. “[Private Sanctions](/publications/private-sanctions)”. *Economic Policy January 2024*, 203-68. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://academic.oup.com/economicpolicy/article/39/117/203/7462771) - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/hart/files/private_sanctions_jan2024.pdf) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://academic.oup.com/economicpolicy/article/39/117/203/7462771) - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/hart/files/private_sanctions_jan2024.pdf) Hart, Oliver, and Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka. 2024. “[More Is Less: Why Parties May Deliberately Write Incomplete Contracts](/publications/more-less-why-parties-may-deliberately-write-incomplete-contracts)”. *Cambridge Elements in Law, Economics, and Politics 2024*. Hart, Oliver, and Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka. 2024. “[More Is Less: Why Parties May Deliberately Write Incomplete Contracts](/publications/more-less-why-parties-may-deliberately-write-incomplete-contracts)”. *Cambridge Elements in Law, Economics, and Politics 2024*. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/more-is-less-published_092324.pdf) Why are contracts incomplete? Transaction costs and bounded rationality cannot be a total explanation since states of the world are often describable, foreseeable, and yet are not mentioned in a contract. Asymmetric information theories also have... - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/more-is-less-published_092324.pdf) ### 2022 Broccardo, Eleonora, Oliver Hart, and Luigi Zingales. 2022. “[Exit Vs. Voice](/publications/exit-vs-voice-0)”. *Published in Journal of Political Economy, December 2022*. Broccardo, Eleonora, Oliver Hart, and Luigi Zingales. 2022. “[Exit Vs. Voice](/publications/exit-vs-voice-0)”. *Published in Journal of Political Economy, December 2022*. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/720516) - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/hart/files/exit_vs_voice_dec2022.pdf) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/720516) - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/hart/files/exit_vs_voice_dec2022.pdf) Hart, Oliver, and Luigi Zingales. 2022. “[The New Corporate Governance](/publications/new-corporate-governance)” 1 (1): 195-216. Hart, Oliver, and Luigi Zingales. 2022. “[The New Corporate Governance](/publications/new-corporate-governance)” 1 (1): 195-216. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://businesslawreview.uchicago.edu/2022/10/31/the-new-corporate-governance/) - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/hart/files/hart-zingales_august_2022.pdf) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://businesslawreview.uchicago.edu/2022/10/31/the-new-corporate-governance/) - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/hart/files/hart-zingales_august_2022.pdf) ### 2020 Halonen-Akatwijuka, Maija, and Oliver Hart. 2020. “[Continuing Contracts](/publications/short-term-long-term-and-continuing-contracts)”. *Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization* 36 (2): 284-313. Halonen-Akatwijuka, Maija, and Oliver Hart. 2020. “[Continuing Contracts](/publications/short-term-long-term-and-continuing-contracts)”. *Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization* 36 (2): 284-313. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://academic.oup.com/jleo/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jleo/ewz022/5717393?guestAccessKey=3064583f-6d17-4d84-ba35-dd789f2c81a5) Parties often regulate their relationships through “continuing” contracts that are not fixed term but roll over: employment is a leading example. Our premise is that parties apply fairness when they revise a continuing contract and that prior terms... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://academic.oup.com/jleo/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jleo/ewz022/5717393?guestAccessKey=3064583f-6d17-4d84-ba35-dd789f2c81a5) Frydlinger, David, Oliver Hart, and Kate Vitasek. 2020. “[An Innovative Way to Prevent Adversarial Supplier Relationships](/publications/innovative-way-prevent-adversarial-supplier-relationships)”. *Harvard Business Review* . Frydlinger, David, Oliver Hart, and Kate Vitasek. 2020. “[An Innovative Way to Prevent Adversarial Supplier Relationships](/publications/innovative-way-prevent-adversarial-supplier-relationships)”. *Harvard Business Review* . - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://hbr.org/2020/10/an-innovative-way-to-prevent-adversarial-supplier-relationships?ab=hero-subleft-3) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://hbr.org/2020/10/an-innovative-way-to-prevent-adversarial-supplier-relationships?ab=hero-subleft-3) ### 2019 Frydlinger, David, Oliver Hart, and Kate Vitasek. 2019. “[A New Approach to Contracts](/publications/new-approach-contracts)”. *Harvard Business Review*. Frydlinger, David, Oliver Hart, and Kate Vitasek. 2019. “[A New Approach to Contracts](/publications/new-approach-contracts)”. *Harvard Business Review*. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://hbr.org/2019/09/a-new-approach-to-contracts) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://hbr.org/2019/09/a-new-approach-to-contracts) ### 2017 Hart, Oliver. 2017. “[Incomplete Contracts and Control](/publications/incomplete-contracts-and-control)”. *American Economic Review* 107 (7): 1731-52. Hart, Oliver. 2017. “[Incomplete Contracts and Control](/publications/incomplete-contracts-and-control)”. *American Economic Review* 107 (7): 1731-52. - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/hart/files/incomplete_contracts_and_control.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/hart/files/incomplete_contracts_and_control.pdf) Hart, Oliver, and Luigi Zingales. 2017. “[Companies Should Maximize Shareholder Welfare Not Market Value](/publications/companies-should-maximize-shareholder-welfare-not-market-value)”. *Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting* 2 (2): 247-74. Hart, Oliver, and Luigi Zingales. 2017. “[Companies Should Maximize Shareholder Welfare Not Market Value](/publications/companies-should-maximize-shareholder-welfare-not-market-value)”. *Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting* 2 (2): 247-74. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/hart/files/108.00000022-hart-vol2no2-jlfa-0022_002.pdf) What is the appropriate objective function for a firm? We analyze this question for the case where shareholders are prosocial and externalities are not perfectly separable from production decisions. We argue that maximization of shareholder welfare is not... - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/hart/files/108.00000022-hart-vol2no2-jlfa-0022_002.pdf) Hart, Oliver, and Luigi Zingales. 2017. “[Serving Shareholders Doesn’t Mean Putting Profit Above All Else](/publications/serving-shareholders-doesnt-mean-putting-profit-above-all-else-%E2%80%9C-article-was-first)”. *Harvard Business Review “This Article Was First Published on HBR.Org”*. Hart, Oliver, and Luigi Zingales. 2017. “[Serving Shareholders Doesn’t Mean Putting Profit Above All Else](/publications/serving-shareholders-doesnt-mean-putting-profit-above-all-else-%E2%80%9C-article-was-first)”. *Harvard Business Review “This Article Was First Published on HBR.Org”*. - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/hart/files/serving_shareholders_doesnt_mean_putting_profit_above_all_else_003.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum10571/files/hart/files/serving_shareholders_doesnt_mean_putting_profit_above_all_else_003.pdf) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Last page 8 ](?page=7 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")