Oliver Hart
Biography
Oliver Hart is currently the Andrew E. Furer
Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1993. Hart
works mainly on contract theory, the theory of the firm, corporate finance, and
law and economics. His research centers on the roles that ownership structure
and contractual arrangements play in the governance and boundaries of
corporations. He has published a book (Firms,
Contracts, and Financial Structure, Oxford University Press, 1995) and
numerous journal articles. He has used his theoretical work on firms in two
legal cases as a government expert (Black and Decker v. U.S.A. and WFC Holdings
Corp. (Wells Fargo) v. U.S.A.). He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the British Academy and has several
honorary degrees. He has been president of the American Law and Economics
Association and a vice president of the American Economic Association
© 2007 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College