This paper deals with the evolution of corporate governance institutions that were imported into Russia in the 1990s … interests of various stakeholders prompts a hypo-thesis as to why initial rejection of new institutions of corporate governance … governance’. We argue that in Russia imported institutions tend to mutate, i.e. to work differently than in the eco-nomic systems …

analyses which include a focus on China, Japan, Brazil, and South Africa, this paper not only highlights why there is need for … particular, the Basel III leverage ratios in jurisdictions such as China. Ultimately the paper also aims to investigate whether …

By comparing the development of landownership in China and England, this paper explores what were behind their … early China has established a unique economic system that allowed free alienation of land, but it has been trying to check … strengthening and expanding of patriarchal clan system. The different development paths of China and England show the different …

Imperial China used an empire-wide system of examinations to select civil servants. Using a semiparametric matching …

Abstract We examine the determinants of the dissent in central bank boards’ voting records about monetary policy rates … the attendant model uncertainty using Bayesian model averaging. We find that the rate of dissent is between 5% and 20% in …, are not robust determinants of voting dissent. The difference in central bankers’ preferences is likely to drive the …