We propose an international asset pricing model in a two-country framework where trading in the foreign market encounters barriers to portfolio flows and short-sale constraints. Under ownership restrictions, free assets are priced with a global risk premium whereas the restricted assets command...

This paper is an introductory survey of bankruptcy and insolvency theory and practice relating to the introduction of Shari'ah principles into secular bankruptcy and insolvency regimes in both jurisdictions that incorporate the Shari'ah, to some extent, into the secular law of the jurisdiction...

Portfolio capital raised through foreign public issuances is seen as volatile and undesirable for countries with poorly regulated financial systems. An implication is that firms that finance themselves in part with such investment have worse outcomes during systemic liquidity crises. I...

On 30 January 2012, China's National Development and Reform Commission published its Blueprint for the Construction of Shanghai International Financial Center during the 12th Five-Year Plan Period. The Shanghai Municipal Government aims, amongst other things, to establish a center for...

The global financial crisis has cast a strong light on some hitherto obscure corners of the financial world, provoking an outpouring of calls for concerted international action. “Hard law” having disappointed, can “soft law”, in the form of international financial standards, substitute...

Viewing the development of the standard international tax neutrality discussion as being historically fairly limited because Musgrave's conclusions, rather than basic definitions, served as the undisputed baseline, in a previous article I reconsidered the classic international tax neutrality...

Tax policy in general and international income tax policy in particular has long been a subject of discussion and argument by tax philosophers, economists, and lawyers. Theories have often been introduced to support the establishment of new tax systems, to justify existing ones, or to call for...

Non-financial corporations are institutional units whose main function is producing commercial goods or non-financial services. A quasi-corporation is also considered a non-financial corporation. Although quasi-corporations have not yet completed the legal requirements to become corporations,...

In this paper, we use methods from social network analysis to assess the relative importance of financial centers around the world. Using data from virtually the entire universe of global equity activity, we present two sets of complete rankings for up to forty-five separate locations for the...