Mueller To Discuss Corporate Governance in Competitive Industries Dec. 5

Professor Holger Mueller will discuss the question, “Does Corporate Governance Matter in Competitive Industries?” at the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance Wednesday, Dec. 5, in Room 113 of Yale Law School. The lecture, sponsored by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law, begins at 12 noon and is open to the public. 

Mueller is an assistant professor of finance at New York University Stern School of Business, teaching courses in corporate finance. He has been published in many journals including Journal of Finance, RAND Journal of Economics, and Journal of Economic Theory.

Before joining NYU Stern in 2001, he worked at the University of Mannheim and the Stockholm School of Economics. He has also worked at Goldman Sachs, Salomon Brothers, Deutsche Bank, and NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd.

Mueller holds a B.A. in business administration and a Ph.D in economics from the University of St. Gallen.

The Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance was established by Craig Wasserman ’86 in memory and honor of his father, Bert W. Wasserman, a distinguished leader in the field of finance who exemplified the field’s highest professional and ethical standards. The goal of the workshop is to support the study of corporate law and finance by sponsoring workshops and discussion forums for the presentation of current research and the discussion of topical issues in law and finance by faculty from Yale and other universities, government officials and members of the bar.