Henry Hansmann

10.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Henry Hansmann is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Henry Hansmann has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Accounting, 25 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 21 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Henry Hansmann's work include Corporate Insolvency and Governance (22 papers), Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (19 papers) and Corporate Governance and Law (17 papers). Henry Hansmann is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Insolvency and Governance (22 papers), Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (19 papers) and Corporate Governance and Law (17 papers). Henry Hansmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Denmark. Henry Hansmann's co-authors include Reinier Kraakman, John M. Quigley, Mariana Pargendler, Gérard Hertig, John Armour, Steen Thomsen, Ugo Mattei, Ronald J. Gilson, Luca Enriques and Klaus J. Hopt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Economic Review and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Henry Hansmann

78 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Role of Nonprofit Enterprise 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 2000 500 1000 1.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Henry Hansmann United States 25 1.8k 1.6k 1.6k 1.4k 865 85 5.1k
Canice Prendergast United States 23 3.0k 1.6× 835 0.5× 2.0k 1.3× 886 0.6× 720 0.8× 48 6.1k
Bruce G. Carruthers United States 29 846 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 540 0.3× 624 0.4× 744 0.9× 98 3.4k
Andrei Shleifer United States 19 2.2k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 3.6k 2.3× 1.0k 0.7× 1.7k 1.9× 38 6.0k
Simon Deakin United Kingdom 29 720 0.4× 577 0.3× 959 0.6× 765 0.5× 389 0.4× 218 2.9k
Susan Rose‐Ackerman United States 39 3.2k 1.8× 5.5k 3.3× 985 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 414 0.5× 182 9.0k
Michael Useem United States 33 637 0.3× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 408 0.5× 114 4.5k
Frank Dobbin United States 36 1.2k 0.7× 2.5k 1.5× 738 0.5× 1.7k 1.2× 327 0.4× 131 7.5k
Lisa A. Keister United States 33 1.1k 0.6× 2.4k 1.5× 1.4k 0.9× 576 0.4× 604 0.7× 99 5.0k
Philip K. Porter United States 11 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 609 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 799 0.9× 27 5.0k
Florencio López de Silanes France 21 2.9k 1.6× 1.3k 0.8× 5.8k 3.6× 1.9k 1.3× 2.8k 3.2× 39 8.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Henry Hansmann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Henry Hansmann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Henry Hansmann

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Armour, John, Henry Hansmann, & Reinier Kraakman. (2017). Los Elementos Esenciales delDerecho Corporativo ¿Qué es el Derecho Corporativo?. IUS ET VERITAS. 182–212.
2.
Hansmann, Henry & Mariana Pargendler. (2014). The Evolution of Shareholder Voting Rights: Separation of Ownership and Consumption. The Yale Law Journal. 123(4). 2. 23 indexed citations
3.
Ayotte, Kenneth & Henry Hansmann. (2013). Legal Entities as Transferable Bundles of Contracts. Michigan Law Review. 111(5). 715–715. 7 indexed citations
4.
Hansmann, Henry. (2012). The Evolving Economic Structure of Higher Education. The University of Chicago Law Review. 79(1). 7. 7 indexed citations
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Armour, John, Henry Hansmann, & Reinier Kraakman. (2009). Essential Elements of Corporate Law. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Kraakman, Reinier, John Armour, & Henry Hansmann. (2009). Agency Problems, Legal Strategies, and Enforcement. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 22 indexed citations
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Kraakman, Reinier, John Armour, Paul Davies, et al.. (2009). The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach. CBS Research Portal (Copenhagen Business School). 99 indexed citations
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Hansmann, Henry. (2008). Firm Ownership and Organizational Form. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Hansmann, Henry, et al.. (2008). Globalizing Commercial Litigation. Cornell law review/˜The œCornell law quarterly. 94(1). 1. 14 indexed citations
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Hansmann, Henry. (2006). How Close Is the End of History. ˜The œJournal of corporation law. 31(3). 745. 3 indexed citations
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Hansmann, Henry, et al.. (2006). Law and the rise of the firm. Harvard Law Review. 119(5). 1333–1403. 86 indexed citations
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Hansmann, Henry, et al.. (2005). Extraterritorial Courts for Corporate Law. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1104. 2 indexed citations
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Gordon, Jeffrey N., Henry Hansmann, Lucian A. Bebchuk, et al.. (2004). Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Governance. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 112 indexed citations
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Hansmann, Henry. (2002). Ownership of the Firm. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 1393–1400. 7 indexed citations
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Hansmann, Henry. (2000). The Ownership of Enterprise. Harvard University Press eBooks. 921 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hansmann, Henry. (1999). Proprietà e concorrenza nell'istruzione universitaria. 475–496. 4 indexed citations
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Hansmann, Henry & Ugo Mattei. (1998). The Functions Of Trust Law: A Comparative Legal And Economic Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 73. 434. 34 indexed citations
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Hansmann, Henry. (1996). The Changing Roles of Public, Private, and Nonprofit Enterprise in Education, Health Care, and Other Human Services. NBER Chapters. 245–276. 6 indexed citations
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Hansmann, Henry & Reinier Kraakman. (1992). Hands-Tying Contracts: Book Publishing, Venture Capital Financing, and Secured Debt. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 8(3). 628–655. 14 indexed citations
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Hansmann, Henry. (1977). The Coase Proposition, Information Constraints, and Long Run Equilibrium: Comment. American Economic Review. 67(3). 459–461.

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