Columbia Law School The Center for Law and Economic studies 435 West 116St New York, NY 10027-7201 Working Paper No 231 Innovation in Corporate Law Katharina Pistor, Yoram Keinan, Jan Kleinheisterkamp mark d. west Forthcoming 2003 Journal of comparative economics This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science research Network electronic library at http://ssrn.com/abstract=419861 An index to the working papers in the Columbia lay School Working Paper Series is located at http:/hwww.lanw.columbia.edwcenterprogramllanweconomics1 Columbia Law School The Center for Law and Economic Studies 435 West 116th St. New York, NY 10027-7201 Working Paper No. 231 Innovation in Corporate Law Katharina Pistor, Yoram Keinan, Jan Kleinheisterkamp & Mark D. West Forthcoming 2003 Journal of Comparative Economics This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network electronic library at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=419861 An index to the working papers in the Columbia Law School Working Paper Series is located at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/law_economics