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Privatisation and institutions : a cross country analysis
Bortolotti, Bernardo; Siniscalco, Domenico; Fantini, … - 2000
Privatisation, i.e. the transfer of ownership and control of state-owned enterprises, is a worldwide phenomenon. Which … of privatisation method appear to be influenced by the governing political majority and public sector budget constraints …, while the success of privatisation in terms of revenues and stakes sold requires suitable institutions and developed capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786716
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Privatisation and Institutions: A Cross Country Analysis
Bortolotti, Bernardo; Siniscalco, Domenico; Fantini, … - 2000
Privatisation, i.e. the transfer of ownership and control of state-owned enterprises, is a worldwide phenomenon. Which … of privatisation method appear to be influenced by the governing political majority and public sector budget constraints …, while the success of privatisation in terms of revenues and stakes sold requires suitable institutions and developed capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010314853
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Does privatization foster changes in the quality of legal institutions?
Boubakri, Narjess; Cosset, Jean-Claude; Smaoui, Houcem - In: The journal of financial research 32 (2009) 2, pp. 169-197
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003880121
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Demutualization and customer protection at self-regulatory financial exchanges
Reiffen, David A.; Robe, Michel A. - In: The journal of futures markets 31 (2011) 2, pp. 126-164
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Demutualization and enforcement incentives at self-regulatory financial exchanges
Reiffen, David A.; Robe, Michel A. - 2008
In the last few years, many of the world’s largest financial exchanges have converted from mutual, not-for-profit organizations to publicly-traded, for-profit firms. In most cases, these exchanges have substantial responsibilities with respect to enforcing various regulations that protect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831252
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Demutualization and Customer Protection at Self-Regulatory Financial Exchanges
Reiffen, David - 2011
In the past decade, many of the world's largest financial exchanges have demutualized, i.e., converted from mutual, not-for-profit organizations to publicly-traded, for-profit firms. In most cases, these exchanges have substantial responsibilities with respect to enforcing various "trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133603
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Private and Public Enforcement of EU Investor Protection Regulation
Dambrosio, Raffaele; Montemaggi, Stefano; Annunziata, … - 2021
Overtime, some of the core provisions that traditionally identify, in the context of MiFID, the investors’ protection regime, have become a template for the protection of consumers and “end-users” of financial services and products in other areas of EU Legislation. Those same provisions...
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Banking sector development in CEE countries: panel data approach
Skrabic, Blanka; Arneric, Josip - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 3 (2011) 3, pp. 281-293
Financial development has a major role in the sustainable economic growth of Central and Eastern European emerging countries, particularly after their political and structural changes. These changes required a reform of financial sectors of these countries, such as capital market development,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352645
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U.S. Investors' Emerging Market Equity Portfolios; A Security-Level Analysis
Warnock, Francis E.; Edison, Hali J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
We analyze a unique data set and uncover a remarkable result that casts a new light on the home bias phenomenon. The data are comprehensive, security-level holdings of emerging market equities by U.S. investors. We document, as expected, that at a point in time U.S. portfolios are tilted towards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825763
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Endowment Versus Finance; A Wooden Barrel Theory of International Trade
Ju, Jiandong; Wei, Shang-Jin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This paper develops a theory of international trade in which financial development and factor endowments jointly determine comparative advantage. We apply the financial contract model of Holmstrom and Tirole (1998) to the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson (HOS) model in which firms' dependence on...
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