This paper shows empirically that privatization in the energy, telecommunications, and water sectors, and the … privatization and the introduction of independent regulators have, at best, only partial effects on the consequences of corruption …

The paper analyzes governments' tradeoff between fiscal benefits and consumer surplus in privatization reforms of … noncompetitive industries in developing countries. Under privatization, the control rights are transferred to private interests so … developing countries, tight budget constraints imply that privatization may be optimal for low profitability segments. For highly …

-border syndicated loan market. Lending provided through a foreign subsidiary is subject to subsidiary-country regulation and … stringent bank regulation and supervision consistent with regulatory arbitrage, but that they prefer to originate loans in …

. The authors construct an index that measures the existence of laws and regulation that support mobile banking activity for … laws and regulation in supporting mobile banking. The analysis finds that a supporting regulatory framework is associated …

Improving the investment climate is among the top priorities in development. The World Bank Group's Doing Business …

emerging institutional innovations in globalized regulation. The framework highlights two dimensions of effectiveness -- the … for three distinctive approaches to globalized regulation: i) Government-centric approaches, including treaties, extra …-territorial regulation and government networks -- seven examples are assessed in the paper. ii) Civil regulation, including both joint …