The Corporate Practice Commentator is pleased to announce the results of its annual poll of the 10 best corporate and securities articles.  (Because of ties there are 11 on this year’s list.)  Teachers in corporate and securities law were asked to select the best corporate and securities articles from a list of articles published during 2003.  Because of the vagaries of publication, indexing, and mailing, some articles published in 2003 have a 2002 date, and not all articles containing a 2003 date were published in time to be included in this year’s list.

The articles, listed in alphabetical order of the initial author, are:

• Ayres, Ian and Stephen Choi.  Internalizing outsider trading.  101 Mich. L. Rev. 313-408 (2002).

• Bainbridge, Stephen M.  Director primacy:  The means and ends of corporate governance.  97 Nw. U. L. Rev. 547-606 (2003).

• Bebchuk, Lucian, Alma Cohen and Allen Ferrell.  Does the evidence favor state competition in corporate law?  90 Cal. L. Rev. 1775-1821 (2002).

• Bebchuk, Lucian Arye, John C. Coates IV and Guhan Subramanian.  The Powerful Antitakeover Force of Staggered Boards:  Further findings and a reply to symposium participants.  55 Stan. L. Rev. 885-917 (2002).

• Choi, Stephen J. and Jill E. Fisch.  How to fix Wall Street:  A voucher financing proposal for securities intermediaries.  113 Yale L.J. 269-346 (2003).

• Daines, Robert.  The incorporation choices of IPO firms.  77 N.Y.U. L. Rev.1559-1611 (2002).

• Gilson, Ronald J. and David M. Schizer.  Understanding venture capital structure:  A tax explanation for convertible preferred stock.  116 Harv. L. Rev. 874-916 (2003).

• Kahan, Marcel and Ehud Kamar.  The myth of state competition in corporate law.  55 Stan. L. Rev. 679-749 (2002).

• Langevoort, Donald C.  Taming the animal spirits of the stock markets:  A behavioral approach to securities regulation.  97 Nw. U. L. Rev. 135-188 (2002).

• Pritchard, A.C.  Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., and the counterrevolution in the federal securities laws.  52 Duke L.J. 841-949 (2003).

• Thompson, Robert B. and Hillary A. Sale.  Securities fraud as corporate governance:  Reflections upon federalism.  56 Vand. L. Rev. 859-910 (2003).

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