from their main base (in the best conditions). During the three centuries after Vasco de Gama had reached India, European … trading areas dramatically expanded to the shores of Asia, and a long period of harsh competition set the East India Companies …

, particularly in India and Pakistan, and argues that inequality between countries exacerbates inequality within countries. The … chapter begins with the premise that economic inequality between India and Pakistan and their developed counterparts, attracts … resources not only in India and Pakistan but also all developing host economies, and thereby bolster the relative position of …

Financial regulation is a much debated topic for some time. The history of financial instruments started at a time when …. Financial derivatives are a sub species of financial instruments No internationally accepted principles for regulation of … judiciary regarding the regulation of financial instruments in general and financial derivatives in particular. The US, UK and …

This study concerns eighteenth century Dutch East India Company (VOC) tax farming practices in the Southeast Asian port …