According to the law and economics approach, pure economic loss is a private loss that is not socially relevant but simply implies a redistribution of wealth. Consequently, wrongful behavior that induces reallocation of costs and benefits with no consequences on social welfare is not considered...

This paper proposes and empirically validates four theories of why legal origin influences growth and welfare through finance. It is a natural extension of "Law and finance: why does legal origin matter?" by Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine (2003). We find only partial support...

Financial Derivatives have established themselves as a major driving force in the international monetary sphere in the recent past. Financial Derivatives were originally used as an effective monetary instrument to multiply the wealth through ripple effect, of late, these instruments are also...

Two recent cases, one from New Zealand and the other from the UK, highlight issues relating to the intersection between company law and securities law. In one, the directors attempted to defend alleged breaches of the statutory duty to make full prospectus disclosure by asserting that they were...

Malay Abstract: Artikel ini membahas mengenai penggunaan dan penyalahgunaan mekanisme gugatan privat di bidang pasar modal dalam melindungi kepentingan investor dan integritas pasar modal melalui perspektif Hukum & Ekonomi. Perbandingan dilakukan antara Indonesia dan Amerika Serikat melalui...

In the past twenty-five years, derivatives markets have grown exponentially. Large, modern derivatives markets increasingly enable investors to hold economic interests in corporations without owning voting rights, and vice versa. This leads to both empty voters — investors whose voting rights...