This paper goes through the existing relationship between the concept of economic development and the jurisdiction of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes. It demonstrates how the absence of a contribution by the so called quot;investmentquot; to the development of...

This paper analyses the role of the convergence of national corporate governance codes affecting listed public limited companies within the EU member states. It assesses this process against the need for protection of stakeholders and public interests. The first chapter looks to company...

This paper reviews the literature on the finance-growth nexus within a neoclassical growth framework, placing an emphasis on the policy implications in the current European environment, that has placed financial reforms high on the policy Agenda. While more research is needed to establish...

This paper is concerned with the extent to which rehabilitation tax credits affect the conditional probability of commercial real estate rehabilitation. The analysis suggests that rehabilitation tax credits have been a significant determinant of the conditional probability of rehabilitation in...

Este trabalho aborda de forma sistemaacute;tica e abrangente a literatura existente sobre a relaccedil;atilde;o entre o crescimento econocirc;mico dos paiacute;ses e os diversos instrumentos de financcedil;as puacute;blicas, tais como poliacute;tica tributaacute;ria, poliacute;tica de despesa...

Existing scholarship on law, finance, and development generally ignores the role that consumer finance and the regulation thereof might play in promoting economic development. In fact, there are good reasons to believe that deepening of consumer finance promotes growth and/or development in...

Drawing on research in the psychology of judgment and decision making, I argue that individual economists acting as experts in matters of public policy are likely to be victims of significant overconfidence. The case is based on the pervasiveness of the phenomenon, the nature of the task facing...

This Note addresses the intersection of customary and statutory land law in the land tenure policy of Ghana. It argues that improving the current land tenure policy demands integration of customary land law and customary authorities into the statutory system. After describing why and how...

The transfer of founds electronically is a major component of any e-business venture, whether B2B, B2C or B2G. In the past five years the emergence of Electronic payment systems (EPS) revolutionized the way we buy and sell goods and services. In this paper we try to explore the various types of...

The e-banking or on-line banking is a service provided by many banks and credit unions that allow to conduct banking transactions over the Internet using the information and communication technology.Continuing technological innovation and competition among existing banking organisations and new...