This paper analyses a longitudinal dataset on legal protection of shareholders over a 36 year period, 1970--2005, for four advanced countries, the UK, France, Germany and the USA. It examines two aspects of the legal origin hypothesis--whether shareholder protection is higher in the common law...

This book provides an insightful view of major issues in the economics of corporate governance (CG) and mergers. It presents a systematic update on the developments in the two fields during the last decade, as well as highlighting the neglected topics in CG research, such as the role of boards,...

[eng] Prabirjit Sarkar — Is there any impact of trade liberalisation on growth ?. Experiences of India and Korea Trade liberalisation in developing countries over the last 20 years has often been implemented considering it as a pre-requisite to growth. This paper uses ardl approach to...