This paper develops the building blocks for a legal theory of finance. LTF holds that financial markets are legally … constructed and as such occupy an essentially hybrid place between state and market, public and private. At the same time … self-destruction of the financial system. This law-finance paradox tends to be resolved by suspending the full force of law …

reports of countries based on the latters’ strategic value. We use the difference between the U.S. State Department’s and …., we compare this bias between U.S. Cold War (CW) allies to non-CW allies, before and after the CW ended. The results show … Amnesty International’s reports as a measure of U.S. "bias". For plausibly exogenous variation in strategic value to the U.S …

distribution. Entrepreneurs strongly affect firm growth patterns of both very young firms and for firms that have begun to mature …

How does firm entry affect innovation incentives and productivity growth in incumbent firms? Micro-data suggests that … not in laggard industries. To explain this pattern, we introduce entry into a Schumpeterian growth model with multiple … rich micro-level productivity growth and patent panel data for the UK, and controlling for the endogeneity of entry by …

is the possible result of a conflict between multinational firms and local or national governments. The Paper compares …

We augment efficiency-based theories of ownership by including influence costs. Our principal conclusion is that the …

specifically targeted at attracting migrants, i.e., citizenship acquisition, land distribution, and public education policies. We …