| Corporate governance and the board of directors: Performance effects of changes in board composition BD Baysinger, HN Butler Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 101-124, 1985 | 3324* | 1985 |
| Opting out of fiduciary duties: a response to the anti-contractarians HN Butler, LE Ribstein Wash. L. Rev. 65, 1, 1990 | 535 | 1990 |
| The contractual theory of the corporation HN Butler Geo. Mason UL Rev. 11, 99, 1988 | 422 | 1988 |
| Externalities and the matching principle: the case for reallocating environmental regulatory authority HN Butler, JR Macey Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 14, 23, 1996 | 338 | 1996 |
| The role of corporate law in the theory of the firm BD Baysinger, HN Butler The journal of law and Economics 28 (1), 179-191, 1985 | 281 | 1985 |
| Nineteenth-century jurisdictional competition in the granting of corporate privileges HN Butler The Journal of Legal Studies 14 (1), 129-166, 1985 | 259 | 1985 |
| Myth of competition in the dual banking system HN Butler, JR Macey Cornell L. Rev. 73, 677, 1987 | 198 | 1987 |
| Antitakeover amendments, managerial entrenchment, and the contractual theory of the corporation BD Baysinger, HN Butler Virginia Law Review, 1257-1303, 1985 | 158 | 1985 |
| Race for the Bottom v. Climb to the Top: the ALI Project and Uniformity in Corporate Law BD Baysinger, HN Butler J. Corp. L. 10, 431, 1984 | 141 | 1984 |
| Why they give at the office: Shareholder welfare and corporate philanthropy in the contractual theory of the corporation HN Butler, FS McChesney Cornell L. Rev. 84, 1195, 1998 | 133 | 1998 |
| The Contract Clause and the Corporation HN Butler, LE Ribstein Brook. L. Rev. 55, 767, 1989 | 131 | 1989 |
| Using federalism to improve environmental policy HN Butler, JR Macey American Enterprise Institute, 1996 | 123 | 1996 |
| Revolution Versus Evolution in Corporate Law: The ALI's Project and the Independent Director BD Baysinger, HN Butler Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 52, 557, 1983 | 120 | 1983 |
| Corporation-Specific Anti-Takeover Statutes and the Market for Corporate Charters HN Butler Wis. L. Rev., 365, 1988 | 108 | 1988 |
| Are state consumer protection acts really little-FTC acts HN Butler, JD Wright Fla. L. Rev. 63, 163, 2011 | 105 | 2011 |
| State Anti-Takeover Statutes and the Contract Clause HN Butler, LE Ribstein U. Cinn. L. Rev. 57, 611, 1988 | 90 | 1988 |
| The Sarbanes–Oxley Debacle: How to Fix It and What We’ve Learned HN Butler, LE Ribstein American Enterprise Institute, March 13, 2006 | 87 | 2006 |
| The corporation and the Constitution HN Butler, LE Ribstein American Enterprise Institute, 1995 | 81 | 1995 |
| Reforming State Consumer Protection Liability: An Economic Approach HN Butler, JS Johnston Colum. Bus. L. Rev., 1, 2010 | 80 | 2010 |
| Vertical restraints of trade as contractual integration: A synthesis of relational contracting theory, transaction-cost economics, and organization theory HN Butler, BD Baysinger Emory LJ 32, 1009, 1983 | 79 | 1983 |
