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requirements. In this paper, we examine whether more stringent securities regulation and disclosure requirements helps or hinders … capital on new business creation. Based on data from 34 countries over the years 1998-2007, we find more stringent regulation …
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This paper discusses the design and analyzes the potential benefits and costs of executive pay package policy within the US 2009 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA), commonly known "Bailout". It shows that the ultimate effect of the EESA on executive compensation is generally difficult...
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In the past decade, the World Bank has promoted improving business environments as a key strategy for development, which has led to a significant amount of investment in collecting firm-level investment climate surveys across countries. What lessons have emerged from the papers using these new...
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Country rankings with respect to a country's business environment draw strong international attention. Methods of business environment assessment differ; two competing methods will be described and compared with respect to their results for Rwanda in the years 2008-2010. They do not come to the...
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This article explores how the theory of, “responsive regulation,” might guide historical inquiry into the American … origins of the global financial crisis. Part I of the article briefly lays out some key ideas of the, “responsive regulation … regulation over the past two generations. Part II addresses the conflicting aims of financial regulation since the 1970s …
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Behavioral economics is influencing regulatory initiatives in many nations, including the United States and the United Kingdom. The role of behavioral economics is likely to increase in the next generation, especially in light of the growing interest in low-cost, choice-preserving regulatory...
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America and European Union have both recently issued an accurate regulation, that require the agencies the compliance with …
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). However, recent experience with PTAs has shown that it is possible to progress beyond entirely separate regulation in specific …
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The paper focuses on the cost characteristics of Internet technology and on the question whether there are monopolistic bottlenecks in Internet services which justify regulatory intervention into the market. The analysis is prompted by a discussion which followed the MCI and Worldcom merger in...
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We use Regulation Fair Disclosure (REG FD) to examine a relatively neglected but important effect of disclosure … regulation: externalities. REG FD applies to all publicly traded U.S. firms, but foreign firms cross-listed on U.S. stock …
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