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Common law and the origin of shareholder protection
Acheson, Graeme G.; Campbell, Gareth; Turner, John D. - 2016
suggesting a default template of rules. Ultimately, the matter of protection was one for the corporation and its shareholders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523499
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Common law and the origin of shareholder protection
Acheson, Graeme G.; Campbell, Gareth; Turner, John D. - 2016
suggesting a default template of rules. Ultimately, the matter of protection was one for the corporation and its shareholders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521411
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The Leximetric Research on Shareholder Protection
Siems, Mathias - 2015
The leximetric research on shareholder protection can contribute to core questions of comparative company law. For example, such research may be able to show whether or not there is a trend to increase shareholder power across countries. It can also provide us with tools to confirm or challenge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026372
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Chapter 6. Law and Finance After a Decade of Research
La Porta, Rafael; Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio; … - 2013
In the last dozen years, economists have produced a considerable body of research suggesting that the historical origin of a country’s laws is highly correlated with a broad range of its legal rules and regulations, as well as with economic outcomes. Much of this research has dealt with rules...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025558
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Laws Versus Contracts : Shareholder Protections and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890-1950
Musacchio, Aldo - 2015
This article examines some of the institutional conditions that facilitated the development of equity markets in Brazil. A critical factor was the addition of protections for investors to corporate bylaws, which enabled relatively large corporations in Brazil to attract investors in large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014212642
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Investment treaties and shareholder claims : analysis of treaty practice
Gaukrodger, David - 2014
. Shareholder claims are permitted for direct injury to shareholder rights (such as voting rights). But shareholders generally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463415
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Investment treaties and shareholder claims for reflective loss : insights from advanced systems of corporate law
Gaukrodger, David - 2014
investment on the other hand, treat claims for damages by company shareholders differently. Advanced domestic systems generally … bar shareholders from claiming for reflective loss – loss that arises from injury to "their" company (such as a decline in … the value of shares). The claim for the loss belongs to the injured company and not to its shareholders. In contrast …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463416
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Common Law vs. Civil Law : Which System Provides More Protection to Shareholders and Creditors and Promotes Financial Development
Sarkar, Prabirjit - 2011
provide more protection to their shareholders and creditors; it also casts doubt on the related proposition that shareholder …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121326
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Globalizing Trust? Transferring Anglo-American Minority Shareholder Protections to Civil Law Germany
Halberstam, Michael - 2008
shareholders in civil law systems explains crucial differences in corporate structure and finance. It questions the thesis that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214432
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Convergence in Shareholder Law
Siems, Mathias - 2007
This paper contains the tables of contents, legislation and cases, the introduction and the index of a book published by Cambridge University Press (2008). The cover text reads as follows: "On the one hand, it can be argued that the increasing economic and political interdependence of countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014221480