Stephen J. Choi

Publications

• Trump v. Biden Judges
  79 SMU L. REV. F. 24 (2026) · SMU Law Review Forum · 2026
• Trump’s Lower Court Judges and Religion: An Initial Appraisal
  54 J. LEGAL STUD. (2025) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2025
• How Different Are the Trump Judges?
  78 VAND. L. REV. EN BANC (2025) · Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc · 2025
• The Business of Securities Class Action Lawyering
  99 IND. L.J. (2024) · Indiana Law Journal · 2024
• Comparing Agency Costs in Contract Production: Private Equity M&A Versus Corporate and Sovereign Bonds
  74 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 47 (2023) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2023
• Just Say No? Shareholder Voting on Securities Class Actions
  1 U. CHI. BUS. L. REV. (2022) · The University of Chicago Business Law Review · 2022
• Measuring the Impact of SEC Enforcement Decisions
  89 FORDHAM L. REV. 385 (2020) · Fordham Law Review · 2020

• Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Gender Gap for Securities and Exchange Commission Attorneys
  62 J. L. & ECON. (2019) · Journal of Law and Economics · 2019
• The Black Hole Problem in Commercial Boilerplate
  67 DUKE L.J. (2017) · Duke Law Journal · 2017
• Adjudicating Death: Professionals or Politicians?
  70 VAND. L. REV. 1709 (2017) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2017
• Does Majority Voting Improve Board Accountability?
  83 U. CHI. L. REV. (2016) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2016
• The Role of Competence in Promotions from the Lower Federal Courts
  44 J. LEGAL STUD. (2015) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2015
• Altruism Exchanges and the Kidney Shortage
  77 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 289 (2014) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2014
• The Law and Policy of Judicial Retirement: An Empirical Study
  42 J. LEGAL STUD. (2013) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2013
• Motions for Lead Plaintiff in Securities Class Actions
  40 J. LEGAL STUD. (2011) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2011
• Punitive Damages in Securities Arbitration: An Empirical Study
  39 J. LEGAL STUD. (2010) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2010
• Attorneys as Arbitrators
  39 J. LEGAL STUD. (2010) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2010
• The Power of Proxy Advisors: Myth or Reality?
  59 EMORY L.J. 869 (2010) · Emory Law Journal · 2010

• Judicial Evaluations and Information Forcing: Ranking State High Courts and Their Judges
  58 DUKE L.J. 1313 (2009) · Duke Law Journal · 2009
• Bias in Judicial Citations: A Window into the Behavior of Judges?
  37 J. LEGAL STUD. (2008) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2008
• On Beyond CalPERS: Survey Evidence on the Developing Role of Public Pension Funds in Corporate Governance
  61 VAND. L. REV. 315 (2008) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2008
• Ranking Judges according to Citation Bias (As a Means to Reduce Bias)
  82 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1279 (2006) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2006
• Contract as Statute
  104 MICH. L. REV. 1129 (2006) · Michigan Law Review · 2006
• The Rat Race as an Information-Forcing Device
  81 IND. L.J. (2006) · Indiana Law Journal · 2006
• Which Judges Write Their Opinions (And Should We Care)?...
  32 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2005) · Florida State University Law Review · 2005
• Do Institutions Matter? The Impact of the Lead Plaintiff Provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
  83 WASH. U. L. REV. 869 (2005) · Washington University Law Review · 2005
• The Evidence on Securities Class Actions
  57 VAND. L. REV. 1465 (2004) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2004
• A Tournament of Judges
  92 CAL. L. REV. 299 (2004) · California Law Review · 2004
• A Framework for the Regulation of Securities Market Intermediaries
  1 BERKELEY BUS. L.J. 45 (2004) · Berkeley Business Law Journal · 2004
• The Problem with Arbitration Agreements
  36 VAND. J. TRANSNAT'L L. 1233 (2003) · Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law · 2003
• How To Fix Wall Street: A Voucher Financing Proposal for Securities Intermediaries
  113 YALE L.J. 269 (2003) · Yale Law Journal · 2003
• Establishing a New Stock Market for Shareholder Value Oriented Firms in Korea
  3 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2002) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2002
• Internalizing Outsider Trading
  101 MICH. L. REV. 313 (2002) · Michigan Law Review · 2002
• Choice and Federal Intervention in Corporate Law
  87 VA. L. REV. 961 (2001) · Virginia Law Review · 2001
• The Unfounded Fear of Regulation S: Empirical Evidence on Offshore Securities Offerings
  50 DUKE L.J. 663 (2000) · Duke Law Journal · 2000
• Resales of Offshore Securities into the United States: Evaluating the Overvaluation Risk to U.S. Investors
  78 WASH. U. L. REV. 519 (2000) · Washington University Law Review · 2000
• Regulating Investors Not Issuers: A Market-Based Proposal
  88 CAL. L. REV. 279 (2000) · California Law Review · 2000

• National Laws, International Money: Regulation in a Global Capital Market
  65 FORDHAM L. REV. 1856 (1997) · Fordham Law Review · 1997
• Company Registration: Toward a Status-Based Antifraud Regime
  64 U. CHI. L. REV. (1997) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1997
• The Dangerous Extraterritoriality of American Securities Law
  17 NW. J. INT'L L. & BUS. 207 (1996) · Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business · 1996
• Fraud in the New-Issues Market: Empirical Evidence on Securities Class Actions
  144 U. PENN. L. REV. 903 (1996) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1996