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The Right to Regulate in Investor- State Arbitration: Slicing and Dicing Regulatory Carve-Outs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This Article examines the “right to regulate” as the power of a sovereign state to adopt and maintain government measures for public welfare objectives. It explores how claims by foreign investors in investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) may interfere
Korzun, Vera
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Eat, Drink, Firms and Government: An Investigation of Corruption from Entertainment and Travel Costs of Chinese Firms [PDF]

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Entertainment and Travel Costs (ETC) is a standard expenditure item for Chinese firms with an annual amount equal to about 20 percent of total wage bills.
Hanming Fang   +2 more
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Demographic Structure and the Security of Property Rights in Developing Countries – An Empirical Exploration [PDF]

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It is often argued that countries with a high population share of children and young workers should attract large capital inflows from aging industrialized economies.
Philipp an de Meulen, Philipp Harms
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Corruption and bureaucratic structure in a developing economy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
We address the impact of corruption in a developing economy in the context of an empirically relevant hold-up problem - when a foreign firm sinks an investment to provide infrastructure services. We focus on the structure of the economy’s bureaucracy,
Bennett, J, Estrin, S
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Legal protection to foreign investors [PDF]

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Foreign investment is typically considered an important source of growth for developing countries. This article describes the legal protection granted to foreign investors and its enforcement mechanisms.
Juan Carlos Hatchondo, Leonardo Martinez
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Ownership-based Incentives, Internal Corporate Risk and Firm Performance [PDF]

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This study focuses on the incentives and risk-taking behavior of large shareholders in Thailand before and after the 1997 financial crisis. The results show that there is a negative association between risk and firm performance.
Anuchitworawong, Chaiyasit
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Is God in the details? A reexamination of the Role of Relegion in Economic [PDF]

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Barro and McCleary (2003) is a key research contribution in the new literature exploring the macroeconomic effects of religious beliefs. This paper represents an effort to evaluate the strength of their claims.
Andros Kourtelos   +2 more
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