level of non‐zero transactions costs. These tenets suggest an explanation for the secular growth of government. Also …

the government. The public domain caused by technical factors and owner's real capability are herein excluded. Originality …/value – China's past and present farmland system is a result of the government's compulsory system arrangements instead of market …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the provision of formal land and building rights provides … a natural quasi-experimental design was employed. Data were collected from a random sample of 210 households in a land … housing maintenance, yet these effects are modest. Practical implications – Governments, donors, and land administration …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe conventional top‐down planning as applied to land markets – and its … important bottom‐up management of land. Originality/value – This paper links the growth of wealth and welfare in our time with …

Abstract Government-voluntary sector “compacts” have emerged in the recent years as an innovative nonprofit policy …

granted legitimacy through recognition in company law2. On the other hand government has introduced some detailed regulation …In the UK, the role of the state in accounting regulation has been ambivalent for some decades. On the one hand …, confidence has been openly expressed in the system of private sector accounting regulation1 while accounting standards have been …

provides unique evidence of how securities regulation evolves in response to government direction and supervision if the …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the evolution of China's securities market regulation from 1980 to … 2007 and the dual role of the government in this process. Design/methodology/approach – When the government is …

” view of government is advanced as having a fundamental role in the regulation and supervision of banks. Findings … fostered through monitoring and the involvement of governments in the regulation of firms. Design/methodology/approach – In … paper highlights criticisms attributed to government control of banks. However, the theory relating to the “helping hand …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the causal link between government regulation of religion and the … importance of government regulation of religion in the literature, its effect on output performance has not been thoroughly … government setting the output quota to transfer to religious activities. This depends on the extent to which it is an ideological …

land use regulation system in the municipality. The municipality was clustered into four for data collection. Eight …