The Appellate Body's interpretation in China – Raw Materials regarding the applicability of GATT Article XX to China's Accession Protocol is highly controversial and stimulates wide debates in academia. The controversy is rooted in the absence of an explicit mention of ‘consistency with the...

Within the sphere of multilateral development banks' (MDB) dispute settlement, the accountability system is one stellar important development. It is essentially MDBs' legal efforts to address complaints made by people adversely affected by an MDB-funded project. Such complaints arise from...

China's actions in limiting the export of rare earths have drawn the world's attention. The United States, Japan and the European Union have been frustrated with China's measures, even threatening to bring the case to the WTO. These rare earth trade disputes are but the tip of the iceberg. Forms...

International finance law keeps the tradition of “soft law” standards even after the 2008 financial crisis. This status quo derives from concerns over sovereignty and regulatory uncertainty. Although soft law has merits in pragmatic rule making and flexible rule implementation, soft law is...

We study the nature of home bias in online employment, wherein the employers prefer workers from their own home countries. Using a unique large-scale dataset from a major online labor platform, we identify employers' home bias in their online employment decisions. Moreover, we find that...

Piracy is commonly considered to be detrimental to the software industry. The industry has taken aggressive steps to curb piracy worldwide. This study questions the wisdom of such aggressive anti-piracy effort in a competitive environment. We show that piracy attracts the most price sensitive...

We study professional players and their impacts in peer-to-peer (P2P) markets. P2P markets predominantly consisted of individual, nonprofessional agents but have recently witnessed a rapid influx of corporate suppliers and other professional agents who capitalize on these platforms. What is the...