Mitu Gulati
Professor of Law
Mitu Gulati is a scholar who writes in several fields, including contract law, sovereign debt, judicial behavior, law firm dynamics, and the study of race and gender disparities. His work uses a range of research techniques (qualitative, quantitative and historical). Gulati’s work on contract law asks the fundamental question of whether the terms of contracts among sophisticated parties come anywhere close to the model of fully informed and sophisticated contract drafting that judges and lawyers often assume exists. In particular, he has extensively studied the topic of “contract stickiness,” where contract terms continue to be used from contract to contract even when they are not the terms the parties would choose if starting from scratch. Gulati has addressed complex and technical issues regarding the sovereign debt pricing and restructuring, as well as questions concerning whether countries should pay for the debts of former despotic leaders after the despots have been overthrown.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor of Law, Duke Law School, Duke University 2006
Contact Information
- Duke Law School 210 Science Dr, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708
- Duke Law School Room 4026, Duke Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708-0360
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gulati@law.duke.edu
(919) 613-8520
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See the Duke Law profile page
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View this faculty member's publications on the Duke Law web site
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- J.D., Harvard University 1994
- M.A., Yale University 1991
- Recognition
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In the News
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- Expertise
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Global Scholarship
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Expertise
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Research
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- Workshop: Evaluating Judges, Judging and Judicial Institutions awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2010
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Gulati, M., F. Allen, E. Carletti, and J. Gray. Filling the Gaps in Governance: The Case of Europe. European University Institute, 2016.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Carbado. Acting White?: Rethinking Race in Post-Racial America. Oxford University Press, 2015.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and R. Scott. The 3 1/2 Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design. University of Chicago Press, 2013.Link to Item
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Academic Articles
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Gulati, M., J. Blocher, and K. Oosterlinck. “King Leopold's Bonds and the Odious Debts Mystery.” Virginia Journal of International Law, 2020.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., K. Oosterlinck, and J. Blocher. “Why Did Belgium Pay Leopold’s Bonds?” Law and Contemporary Problems 83, no. 2 (2020): 49–70.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and R. Scott. “Revising Boilerplate: A Comparison of Private and Public Company Transactions.” Wisconsin Law Review 2020, no. 3 (2020): 629–55.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and R. Scott. “Innovation Versus Encrustation: Agency Costs in Contract Reproduction,” 2020.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., T. Arnold, A. Dixon, and M. Whalen. “The Myth of Optimal Expectation Damages.” Marquette Law Review, 2020.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., T. Arnold, and U. Panizza. “How to Restructure Euro Area Sovereign Debt in the Era of COVID-19.” Capital Markets Law Journal 15, no. 3 (2020): 322–46.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and J. Blocher. “Transferable Sovereignty: Lessons from the History of the Congo Free State.” Duke Law Journal 69, no. 6 (2020): 1219–73.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and M. Kahan. “Contracts of Inattention,” 2020.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and M. Weidemaier. “Unlawfully-Issued Sovereign Debt,” 2020.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and U. Panizza. “Make-Wholes in Sovereign Bonds (Not Sure Why They Are There, but They May Be Free),” 2020.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and W. Weidemaier. “Necessity and the Covid-19 Pandemic.” Capital Markets Law Journal 15, no. 3 (2020): 277–83.
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Gulati, M. “The new bond thing: Sub-sovereign masala bonds?” Capital Markets Law Journal 14, no. 3 (July 1, 2019): 293–94. https://doi.org/10.1093/cmlj/kmz015.Full Text
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Gulati, M., A. Gelpern, and J. Zettelmeyer. “If Boilerplate Could Talk: The Work of Standard Terms in Sovereign Bond Contracts.” Law & Social Inquiry 44, no. 3 (2019): 617–46.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., E. Fontenay, and J. Meyer. “The Sovereign-Debt Listing Puzzle.” Oxford Economic Papers 71, no. 2 (2019): 472–95.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., M. Gousgounis, and L. Buchheit. “Nailing the Flag to the Mast – Promises of Super-Priority in Public Debt,” 2019.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., U. Panizza, M. Weidemaier, and G. Willingham. “When Governments Promise to Prioritize Public Debt: Do Markets Care?,” 2019.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Sovereign Debt Restructuring and U.S. Executive Power.” Capital Markets Law Journal 14, no. 1 (2019): 114–30.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and M. Kahan. “Sleeping Giant Contracts,” 2019.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and U. Panizza. “The Hausmann-Gorky Effect.” Journal of Business Ethics, 2019.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., A. Kropp, and M. Weidemaier. “How Good Is the Public Data on Sovereign Bond Contracts?,” 2018.
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Gulati, M., A. Kropp, and M. Weidemaier. “Sovereign Bond Contracts: Flaws in the Public Data?,” 2018.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., D. Klein, and D. Levi. “Evaluating Judges and Judicial Institutions: Reorienting the Perspective.” Duke Law Journal Online 67 (2018).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., E. Carletti, P. Colla, and S. Ongena. “The Price of Law: The Case of the Eurozone's Collective Action Clauses,” 2018.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., M. Bradley, I. Salvatierra, and E. Fontenay. “Pricing Sovereign Debt: Foreign Versus Local Parameters.” European Financial Management 24, no. 2 (2018): 261–97.
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Gulati, M., R. Scott, and S. Choi. “Hidden Holdouts: Contract Arbitrageurs and the Pricing of Collective Rights,” 2018.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and A. Pritchard. “Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Gender Gap for SEC Attorneys,” 2018.
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and R. Scott. “Variation in Boilerplate: Rational Design or Random Mutation?” American Law and Economics Review 20, no. 1 (2018): 1–45.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and G. Vanberg. “Paper Tigers: Or How Much Will Courts Protect Rights in a Financial Crisis?,” 2018.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and J. Blocher. “Puerto Rico and the Right of Accession.” Yale Journal of International Law 43, no. 2 (2018): 229–71.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and J. Blocher. “What Does Puerto Rican Citizenship Mean for Puerto Rico's Legal Status?” Duke Law Journal Online 67 (2018): 122–32.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and J. Knight. “Talking Judges.” Duke Law Journal Online 67 (2018).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Sovereign Debt Restructuring in Europe.” Global Policy 9, no. S1 (2018): 65–69.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Deterring Holdout Creditors in a Restructuring of PDVSA Bonds and Promissory Notes.” Capital Markets Law Journal 13, no. 2 (2018): 148–51.
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Use of the Local Law Advantage in the Restructuring of European Sovereign Bonds.” University of Bologna Law Review 3, no. 2 (2018): 172–79.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and M. Kahan. “Cash America and the Structure of Bondholder Remedies.” Capital Markets Law Journal 13, no. 4 (2018): 570–86.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and U. Panizza. “Maduro Bonds,” 2018.Link to Item
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Blocher, J., and M. Gulati. “Forced Secessions.” Law & Contemporary Problems 80 (2017): 215–47.Link to Item
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Defontenay, E., and M. Gulati. “Pricing Sovereign Debt: Foreign Versus Local Parameters,” 2017.
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Gulati, M. “Towards a legislative history of contract provisions.” Capital Markets Law Journal 11, no. 1 (January 1, 2017): 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1093/cmlj/kmv065.Full Text
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Gulati, M., K. Krawiec, and P. Puri. “Introduction to the Law and Markets: Regulating Controversial Exchange.” Osgoode Hall Law Journal 54, no. 2 (2017): 333–38.
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Gulati, M., P. Colla, and A. Gelpern. “The Puzzle of PDVSA Bond Pricing.” Capital Markets Law Journal 12 (2017): 66–77.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and R. Scott. “The Black Hole Problem in Commercial Boilerplate.” Duke Law Journal 67 (2017): 1–77.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and J. Blocher. “A Market for Sovereign Control.” Duke Law Journal 66 (2017): 797–843.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and J. Blocher. “Markets and Sovereignty.” Osgoode Hall Law Journal 54 (2017): 465–90.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Restructuring Sovereign Debt After NML v. Argentina.” Capital Markets Law Journal 12 (2017): 224–38.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “How to Restructure Venezuelan Debt (¿Cómo restructurar la deuda venezolana?),” 2017.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and M. Weidmaier. “Market Practice and the Evolution of Foreign Sovereign Immunity.” Journal of Law & Social Inquiry, 2017.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and N. Gutierrez. “Custom in Our Courts: Reconciling Theory with Reality in the Debate About Erie Railroad and Customary International Law.” Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 27 (2017): 243–90.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and R. Rasmussen. “Puerto Rico and the Netherworld of Sovereign Debt Restructuring.” Southern California Law Review 91, no. 1 (2017): 133–62.Link to Item
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Bartlett, K., and M. Gulati. “Discrimination by Customers.” Iowa Law Review 102 (2016): 223–57.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., E. Carletti, P. Colla, and S. Ongena. “Pricing Contract Terms in a Crisis: Venezuelan Bonds in 2016.” Capital Markets Law Journal 11 (2016): 540–55.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., J. Blocher, and L. Helfer. “Can Greece be Expelled from the Eurozone? Toward a Default Rule of Expulsion from International Organizations,” 2016, 127–50.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., J. Knight, and D. Levi. “How Bayesian are Judges?” Nevada Law Journal 16 (2016): 1061–84.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., M. Bradley, and I. Salvatierra. “A Sovereign's Cost of Capital: Go Foreign or Stay Local,” 2016.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and R. Scott. “The Costs of Contractual Black Holes,” 2016.
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Gulati, M., and A. Gelpern. “How Much is this Clause? The Perspective of Debt Managers,” 2016.
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Gulati, M., and J. Blocher. “Competing for Refugees: A Market-Based Solution to a Humanitarian Crisis.” Columbia Human Rights Law Review 48 (2016): 53–111.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Targeted Subordination of Official Sector Debt.” Banking & Finance Law Review 31, no. 2 (2016): 371–76.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Talking One's Way Out of a Debt Crisis,” 2016, 37–44.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Epstein. “How Effective were the IMF-led Greek and Portuguese Judicial Reform Projects in 2011-2014?,” 2016.
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Gulati, M., and R. Posner. “The Management of Staff by Federal Court of Appeals Judges.” Vanderbilt Law Review, 2016, 479–97.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “The Pricing of Non-Price Terms in Sovereign Bonds: The Case of the Greek Guarantees.” Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting 1, no. 1 (2016): 1–40.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and T. George. “Courts of Good and Ill Repute: Garoupa & Ginsburg's Judicial Reputation: A Comparative Theory.” University of Chicago Law Review 83 (2016): 1683–1715.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., E. Carletti, and P. Colla. “Evaluating the 2013 Euro CAC Experiment,” 2015, 123–36.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “The Role of Competence in Promotions from the Lower Federal Courts.” Journal of Legal Studies 44, no. s1 (2015): s107–31.
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Gulati, M., and W. Weiddemaier. “The Relevance of Law to Sovereign Debt.” Annual Review of Law & Social Science 11 (2015): 395–408.Link to Item
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Miles, Thomas J. “Do Attorney Surveys Measure Judicial Performance or Respondent Ideology? Evidence from Online Evaluations.” The Journal of Legal Studies 44, no. S1 (January 2015): S231–67. https://doi.org/10.1086/682697.Full Text
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Gulati, M., L. Buchheit, and I. Tirado. “Reprofiling Sovereign Debt.” Journal of International Banking Law, 2014.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., M. Bradley, and I. Salvatierra. “Lawyers: Gatekeepers of the Sovereign Debt Market?” International Review of Law & Economics 38 (2014): 150–68.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “Altruism Exchanges and the Kidney Shortage.” Law & Contemporary Problems 77, no. 3 (2014): 289–322.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. J.Choi, and E. Posner. “A Winner's Curse?: Promotions from the Lower Federal Courts,” 2014.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and B. Chabot. “Santa Anna and His Black Eagle: The Origins of Pari Passu?” Capital Markets Law Journal 9 (2014): 216–41.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Sovereign Contingent Liabilities,” 2014, 241–54.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and M. Boudreau. “The International Monetary Fund's Imperiled Priority.” Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy 10 (2014): 119–48.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and P. Shin. “Cultivating Inclusion.” Michigan Law Review First Impressions 112 (2014): 117–23.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “From Pigs to Hogs,” 2014.Link to Item
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Weidemaier, W. M. C., and M. Gulati. “How markets work: The lawyer's version.” Studies in Law Politics and Society 62 (December 2, 2013): 107–33. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-4337(2013)0000062005.Full Text
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Gulati, M. “The evolution of Euro area sovereign debt contract terms: A preliminary examination.” Cesifo Dice Report 11, no. 3 (October 24, 2013): 3–9.
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Weidemaier, W Mark C., and G Mitu Gulati. “Collateral Knowledge: Legal Reasoning in the Global Financial Markets Annelise Riles (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011).” Polar: Political and Legal Anthropology Review 36, no. 1 (May 2013): 190–92. https://doi.org/10.1111/plar.12017.Full Text
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Choi, S. J., M. Gulati, and E. A. Posner. “How well do measures of judicial ability predict judicial performance?: A case study using securities class actions.” International Review of Law and Economics 33 (March 1, 2013): 37–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2012.09.002.Full Text
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Choi, S. J., M. Gulati, and E. A. Posner. “The law and policy of judicial retirement: An empirical study.” Journal of Legal Studies 42, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 111–50. https://doi.org/10.1086/668507.Full Text
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Gulati, M., D. Baird, N. Bollen, L. Buchheit, A. Krueger, F. Baldursson, R. Rasmussen, D. Skeel Jr., S. Storchak, and J. Zettlemeyer. “The Role of the IMF in Future Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Report of the Annenberg House Expert Group,” 2013.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., J. Knight, and D. Levi. “In the Absence of Scrutiny: Narratives of Probable Cause,” 2013.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., J. Zettelmeyer, and C. Trebesch. “The Greek Debt Restructuring: An Autopsy.” Economic Policy 28, no. 75 (2013): 513–63.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., L. Buchheit, A. Gelpern, U. Panizza, B. Mauro, and J. Zettelmeyer. “Revisiting Sovereign Bankruptcy,” 2013.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., L. Buchheit, and I. Tirado. “The Problem of Holdout Creditors in Eurozone Sovereign Debt Restructurings.” Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 2013, 191–94.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., M. Weidemaier, and R. Scott. “Origin Myths, Contracts, and the Hunt for Pari Passu.” Law & Social Inquiry 38 (2013): 72–105.
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “The Law and Policy of Judicial Retirement.” Journal of Legal Studies 42 (2013): 111–50.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “The Evolution of Contractual Terms in Sovereign Bonds.” Journal of Legal Analysis 4 (2013): 131–79.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and A. Gelpern. “The Wonder-Clause.” Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (2013): 367–85.
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Gulati, M., and D. Carbado. “The Intersectional Fifth Black Woman.” Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race 10, no. 2 (2013): 527–40.
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “A Eurozone Debt Crisis: The Options Now.” Capital Markets Law Journal 8, no. 1 (2013): 54–61.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Restructuring a Sovereign Debtor's Contingent Liabilities,” 2013, 287–94.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Walking Back From Cyprus.” Voxeu.Org, 2013.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and M. Bradley. “Collective Action Clauses for the Eurozone.” Review of Finance, 2013, 1–58.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and M. Weidemaier. “A People's History of Collective Action Clauses.” Virginia Journal of International Law 54 (2013).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and W. Weidemaier. “How Markets Work: The Lawyer's Version (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, v. 62),” 2013, 107–34.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and W. Weidemaier. “Book Review.” Polar: Political and Legal Anthropology Review 36, no. 1 (2013): 190–92.
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Levi, D., G. Gulati, and J. Knight. “In the Absence of Scrutiny: Narratives of Probable Cause,” 2013.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., G. U. Charles, and D. Chen. “Sonia Sotomayor and the Construction of Merit.” Emory Law Journal 61 (2012): 801–61.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “The Dynamics of Contract Evolution” 2012 (2012).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and A. Gelpern. “CDS Zombies.” European Business Organization Law Review 13 (2012): 347–90.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and C. Bradley. “Foreword: The Duke Project on Custom and Law.” Duke Law Journal 62 (2012): 529–33.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and J. Zettelmeyer. “Engineering an Orderly Greek Debt Restructuring” 2012 (2012).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and J. Zettelmeyer. “Making a Voluntary Greek Debt Exchange Work.” Capital Markets Law Journal 7 (2012): 169–83.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, M. Holman, and E. Posner. “Judging Women.” Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 8 (2011): 504–32.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “Political Risk and Sovereign Debt Contracts” 2011 (2011).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “How Well Do Measures of Judicial Ability Translate into Performance?” International Review of Law & Economics 33 (2011): 37–53.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., T. George, and A. McGinley. “The New Old Legal Realism.” Northwestern University Law Review 105 (2011): 689–735.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and C. Bradley. “Mandatory Versus Default Rules: How Can Customary International Law Be Improved?” Yale Law Journal Online 120 (2011): 421–54.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Drafting A Model Collective Action Clause For Eurozone Sovereign Bonds.” Capital Markets Law Journal 6 (2011): 317–25.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Greek Debt: The Endgame Scenarios,” 2011.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and P. Shin. “Showcasing Diversity.” North Carolina Law Review 89 (2011): 1017–53.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and R. Scott. “Foreword: The Three and a Half Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design.” Hofstra Law Review 40 (2011): 1–9.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., M. Bradley, and J. Cox. “The Market Reaction to Legal Shocks and Their Antidotes: Lessons From The Sovereign Debt Market.” Journal of Legal Studies 39 (2010): 289–324.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “Judicial Ability and Securities Class Actions” 2010 (2010).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “Pricing Terms in Sovereign Debt Contracts: A Greek Case Study with Implications for the European Crisis Resolution Mechanism.” Capital Markets Law Journal 6 (2010): 163–87.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “Professionals or Politicians: The Uncertain Empirical Case for an Elected Rather Than Appointed Judiciary.” Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 26 (2010): 290–336.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Ludington, and A. Brophy. “Applied Legal History: Demystifying The Doctrine Of Odious Debts.” Theoretical Inquiries in Law 11 (2010): 247–81.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and A. Gelpern. “Foreword: Of Lawyers, Leaders, and Returning Riddles in Sovereign Debt.” Law and Contemporary Problems 73 (2010): i–xii.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and A. Gelpern. “Foreword: Of Lawyers, Leaders, and Returning Riddles in Sovereign Debt.” Law & Contemporary Problems 73 (2010): i–xii.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and C. Bradley. “Customary International Law and Withdrawal Rights in an Age of Treaties.” Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 21 (2010): 1–30.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and C. Bradley. “Withdrawing from International Custom.” Yale Law Journal 120 (2010): 202–75.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and J. Knight. “Talking Judges.” The Legal Workshop Duke Law Journal 2010 (2010).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Restructuring a Nation's Debt.” International Financial Law Review 29 (2010): 46–49.
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing” 2010 (2010): 63–92.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “Are Judges Overpaid?: A Skeptical Response to the Judicial Salary Debate.” Journal of Legal Analysis 1 (2009): 47–117.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “What do Federal District Judges Want?: An Analysis of Publications, Citations, and Reversals,” 2009.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “Judicial Evaluations and Information Forcing: Ranking State High Courts and Their Judges.” Duke Law Journal 58 (2009): 1313–82.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and A. Gelpern. “Innovation after the Revolution: Foreign Sovereign Bond Contracts Since 2003.” Capital Markets Law Journal 4 (2009): 85–103.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and A. Gelpern. “Feel-good Formalism.” Queen’S Law Journal 35 (2009): 97–116.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “The Coroner's Inquest: Ecuador's Default and Sovereign Bond Documentation.” International Financial Law Review 28 (2009): 22–25.
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Gulati, M., and S. Baker. “"Make or Buy" and International Law.” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics Jite 165 (2009): 134–41.
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Gulati, M., and S. Benjamin. “Mr. Presidential Candidate: Whom Would You Nominate?” Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 42 (2009): 293–334.Link to Item
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Levi, D., and M. Gulati. “"Only Connect": Toward a Unified Measurement Project.” Duke Law Journal 58 (2009): 1181–90.Link to Item
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Gulati, M. “After Inclusion.” Annual Review of Law & Social Science 4 (2008): 83–102.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and E. Posner. “Which States Have the Best (and Worst) High Courts?” 2008 (2008).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Levi. “Judging Measures.” Umkc Law Review 77 (2008): 381–413.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Odious Debts and Nation-Building: When the Incubus Departs.” Maine Law Review 60 (2008): 477–85.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “Bias in Judicial Citations: A Window into the Behavior of Judges?” Journal of Legal Studies 37 (2008): 87–129.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “Trading Votes For Reasoning: Covering In Judicial Opinions.” Southern California Law Review 81 (2008): 735–79.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Ludington. “A Convenient Untruth: Fact and Fantasy in the Doctrine of Odious Debts.” Virginia Journal of International Law 48 (2008): 595–639.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., D. Carbado, and C. Fisk. “Foreword: Making Makeup Matter.” Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 14 (2007): 1–11.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., L. Buchheit, and R. Thompson. “The Dilemma of Odious Debts.” Duke Law Journal 56 (2007): 1201–62.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and A. Gelpern. “Public Symbol in Private Contract: A Case Study.” Washington University Law Review 84 (2007): 1627–1715.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and G. Triantis. “Contracts Without Law: Sovereign Versus Corporate Debt.” University of Cincinnati Law Review 75 (2007): 977–1004.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and O. Ben-Shahar. “Partially Odious Debts?” Law & Contemporary Problems 70 (2007): 47–81.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “Ranking Judges According to Citation Bias.” Notre Dame Law Review 82 (2007): 1279–1309.Link to Item
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Coleman, J., and M. Gulati. “A Response to Professor Sander: Is It Really All About the Grades?” North Carolina Law Review 84 (2006): 1823–39.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., S. Baker, and S. Choi. “The Rat Race as an Information Forcing Device.” Indiana Law Journal 81 (2006): 53–82.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Nielsen. “Introduction: A New Legal Realist Perspective On Employment Discrimination.” Law & Social Inquiry 31 (2006): 797–99.
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “An Empirical Study of Securities Disclosure Practice.” Tulane Law Review 80 (2006): 1023–1108.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “Contract as Statute.” Michigan Law Review 104 (2006): 1129–73.Link to Item
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Choi, S. “Mr. Justice Posner?: Unpacking the Statistics.” Nyu Annual Survey of American Law 61 (2005): 19–43.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Carbado. “Race to the Top of the Corporate Ladder: What Minorities Do When They Get There.” Washington and Lee Law Review 61 (2005): 1645–93.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Vladeck. “Judicial Triage: Reflections on the Debate over Unpublished Opinions.” Washington and Lee Law Review 62 (2005): 1667–1708.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and P. Edwards. “Foreword: The Klein Criteria Project.” Berkeley Business Law Journal 2 (2005): 1–11.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “Which Judges Write Their Opinions (And Should We Care?).” Florida State University Law Review 32 (2005): 1077–1122.Link to Item
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Gulati, M. “Innovation in Boilerplate Contracts: The Case of Sovereign Bonds.” Emory Law Journal 53 (2004).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., D. Langevoort, and J. Rachlinksi. “Fraud by Hindsight.” Northwestern Law Review 98 (2004): 773.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Langevoort. “The Muddled Duty to Disclose Under Rule 10b-5.” Vanderbilt Law Review 57 (2004): 1639.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Sovereign Bonds and the Collective Will.” Emory Law Journal 51 (2004).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “A Tournament of Judges?” California Law Review 92 (2004): 299–322.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “Choosing the Next Supreme Court Justice.” Usc Law Review 78 (2004): 23.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and W. Bratton. “Sovereign Debt Reform and the Best Interest of Creditors.” Vanderbilt Law Review 57 (2004): 1–79.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and W. Klein. “Economic Organization in the Construction Industy: A Case Study of Collaborative Production Under High Uncertainty.” Berkeley Business Law Journal 1 (2004): 137–74.Link to Item
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Carbado, D. “What Exactly is Racial Diversity?” California Law Review 91 (2003): 1149–65.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., R. Sander, and R. Sockloskie. “The Happy Charade: An Empirical Examination of the Third Year of Law School.” Journal of Legal Education 52 (2003): 235.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Carbado. “Tenure.” Journal of Legal Education 53 (2003): 157.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Carbado. “The Fifth Black Woman.” Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 11 (2003).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Carbado. “The Law and Economics of Critical Race Theory.” Yale Law Journal 112 (2003): 1757–1828.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Bainbridge. “How Do Judges Maximize? (The Same Way Everybody Else Does - Boundedly): Rules of Thumb in Securities Fraud Opinions.” Emory Law Journal 51 (2003): 83–152.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “Why Lawyers Need to Take a Closer Look at Exit Consents.” International Financial Law Review 15 (2003): 15–18.
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Gulati, G. M., T. M. T. Isaac, and W. A. Klein. “When a workers' cooperative works: The case of Kerala Dinesh Beedi.” Ucla Law Review 49, no. 5 (June 1, 2002): 1417–54.
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Gulati, M. “Incorporating Labor.” Journal of Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 2002.Link to Item
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Gulati, M. “What are Larry's Criteria For Good Corporate Law.” George Washington University Law Review 70 (2002): 886.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and V. Sanchez. “Giants in a World of Pygmies? Testing the Superstar Hypothesis with Judicial Opinions in Casebooks.” Iowa Law Review 87 (2002): 1141–1212.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Carbado. “Interactions at Work: Remembering David Charny.” Harvard Blackletter Law Journal 17 (2001).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Wilkins. “What Law Students Think They Know About Elite Law Firms: Preliminary Results of a Survey of Third Year Law Students.” University of Cincinnati Law Review 69 (2001): 1213.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and K. Klee. “Sovereign Piracy.” The Business Lawyer 56 (2001).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., W. Klein, and E. Zolt. “Connected Contracts.” Ucla Law Review 47 (2000): 887.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Carbado. “Conversations at Work.” Oregon Law Review 79 (2000).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Carbado. “Working Identity.” Cornell Law Review 85 (2000): 1259–1308.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Exit Consents in Sovereign Bond Exchanges.” Ucla Law Review 48 (2000): 59–84.Link to Item
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Gulati, M. “Revisiting Kalyani: The Former Agricultural Worker.” Economic and Political Weekly 34 (1999).
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Gulati, M. “When Corporate Managers Fear a Good Thing is Coming to an End: The Case of Interim Nondisclosure.” Ucla Law Review 46 (1999): 1999–2000.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and C. McCauliff. “On Not Making Law.” Law & Contemporary Problems 61 (1998).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Charny. “Efficiency Wages, Tournaments and Discrimination: A Theory of Employment Discrimination Law for 'High-Level' Jobs.” Harvard Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review 33 (1998): 57.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and D. Wilkins. “Reconceiving the Tournament of Lawyers: Tracking, Seeding, and Information Control in the Internal Labor Markets of Elite Law Firms.” Virginia Law Review 84 (1998).Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Gulati. “Female Labour in the Unorganised Sector: The Brick Worker Revisited.” Economic and Political Weekly 32 (1997).
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Gulati, M., and D. Wilkins. “Why are There so Few Black Lawyers in Corporate Law Firms.” California Law Review 84 (1996): 282–85.Link to Item
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Gulati, M. “Passage Home to India.” Harvard Human Rights Journal 6 (1993): 242–46.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and L. Gulati. “Remnants of Matriliny: Widows of Two Kerala Villages.” Manushi: Journal of Women & Society 76 (1993).
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Book Sections
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, and R. Scott. “Contractual Arbitrage.” In Oxford Handbook of Institutions of International Economic Governance and Market Regulation, 2019.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and W. Weidemaier. “International Finance and Sovereign Debt.” In Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics, 482–500, 2017.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., E. Fontenay, and J. Meyer. “Why (and Where) do Sovereign Issuers List? A Historical and Empirical Analysis,” 2016.
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Gulati, M., W. Weidmaier, and A. Gelpern. “When Governments Write Contracts: Policy and Expertise in Sovereign Debt Markets.” In Contractual Knowledge: One Hundred Years of Experimentation in Global Markets, 92–117. Cambridge University Press, 2016.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “Customary International Law: How Do Courts Do It?” In Custom’s Future: International Law in a Changing World, 2016.
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Gulati, M., D. Carbado, and P. Shin. “The Diversity Feedback Loop.” In A Nation of Widening Opportunities: The Civil Rights Act at 50, 119–43, 2015.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., J. Zettelmeyer, and C. Tresbesch. “Managing Holdouts: The Case of the 2012 Greek Exchange.” In Sovereign Debt Management, 25–38, 2014.
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Gulati, M., and L. Buchheit. “Restructuring a Euro Area Sovereign Guarantee.” In Bearing the Losses from Bank and Sovereign Default in the Eurozone, 143–64, 2014.
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Buchheit, L. C., and M. Gulati. “The treatment of contingent liabilities in a sovereign debt restructuring.” In Financial Crisis Containment and Government Guarantees, 207–11, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781005002.00027.Full Text
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Gelpern, A., and M. Gulati. “How CACs Became Boilerplate.” In Overcoming Developing Country Debt Crises, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199578788.003.0013.Full Text
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Choi, S. J., and G. M. Gulati. “Contract as statute.” In Boilerplate: The Foundation of Market Contracts, 145–62, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511611179.015.Full Text
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Gulati, M., D. Carbado, and G. Ramachandran. “The Story of Jesperson v. Harrah's: Makeup and Women at Work.” In Employment Discrimination Stories, 105–52, 2006.
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Gulati, M., and L. Gulati. “Jayamma: Profile of a Widowed Brick Worker.” In Widows in India: Social Neglect and Public Action, 1998.
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Gulati, M., and S. Rose-Ackerman. “Ethics in Finance.” In The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance, 1992.
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Other Articles
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Gulati, M., and J. Blocher. “Sure, Trump Can Buy Greenland. But Why Does He Think It’s up to Denmark?” Politico Magazine, 2019.
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Gulati, M., and J. Blocher. “If Countries Won’t Take Refugees for Moral Reasons, Let’s Give Them Financial Incentives.” Quartz, 2018.
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Gulati, M., E. Fontenay, and J. Meyer. “The Last Days of Stock Exchange Listings for Sovereign Bonds?” Finreg Blog, 2016.
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Gulati, M., and J. Blocher. “Guest Post: Ukraine and Russia-You Break It, You Bought It.” Ericposner.Com, 2015.
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Gulati, M., and J. Blocher. “Ukraine and Russia: "You Break It, You Bought It".” Financial History, 2014.
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Gulati, M., and D. Carbado. “The Content of One's Racial Character.” Huffington Post, 2013.
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Gulati, M., and E. Posner. “Echoes of Subprime Ring Out Across Greek Debt Crisis.” Financial Times, 2010.
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Gulati, M., S. Choi, M. Holman, and E. Posner. “Do Women Make Better Judges? Asked and Answered - with Data.” Slate.Com, 2009.Link to Item
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Gulati, M., A. Zellner, and C. Hong. “Turning Points in Economic Time Series: Loss Structures and Bayesian Forecasting,” 1990.
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Reports
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Gulati, M., P. Bolton, L. Buchheit, P. -. O. Gourinchas, C. -. T. Hsieh, U. Panizza, and B. Mauro. “Born Out of Necessity: A Debt Standstill for COVID-19.” Center for Economic Policy Research, 2020.Link to Item
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Conference Papers
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Gulati, M., and S. Choi. “Adjudicating Death: Professionals or Politicians?” In Vanderbilt Law Review, 70:1709–27, 2017.Link to Item
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- LAW 130: Contracts 2020
- LAW 328: International Debt Finance 2020
- LAW 328P: International Debt Finance Add-on Credit 2020
- LAW 567: Identity, Politics and Law Colloquium 2020
- LAW 640: Independent Research 2020
- LAW 130: Contracts 2019
- LAW 328: International Debt Finance 2019
- LAW 328P: International Debt Finance Add-on Credit 2019
- LAW 337: International Debt Finance II 2019
- LAW 507JS: Study of the Judiciary 2019
- LAW 640: Independent Research 2019
- LAW 328: International Debt Finance 2018
- LAW 328P: International Debt Finance Add-on Credit 2018
- LAW 507JS: Study of the Judiciary 2018
- LAW 567: Identity, Politics and Law Colloquium 2018
- LAW 640: Independent Research 2018
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