1.
Seize the State, Seize the Day: State Capture, Corruption and Influence in Transition
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2444
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 12 Oct 2000
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Governance and Public Sector Reform, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
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8,567
2.
Is Disruptive Blockchain Technology the Future of Financial Services?
69 The Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report 232 (2016)
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 31 May 2016
Last Revised: 24 Dec 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business
Downloads
6,279
3.
'Implicit' and 'Explicit' CSR: A Conceptual Framework for a Comparative Understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility
Academy of Management Review
Vol. 33, No. 2
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 21 Jan 2010
Accepted Paper Series
York University - Schulich School of Business and Nottingham University Business School (NUBS)
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4,531
4.
Political Institutions and China's Early Industrial Revolution, 1000 - 1300 A.D.
APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 90
Posted: 19 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 10 Jun 2012
Working Paper Series
Tamkang University
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4,512
5.
Filial Support Laws in the Modern Era: Domestic and International Comparison of Enforcement Practices for Laws Requiring Adult Children to Support Indigent Parents
20 Elder Law Journal 269 (2013), Penn State Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 08 Jun 2012
Last Revised: 26 Apr 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Law
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4,461
6.
Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Performance: The Case of Chinese Stock Companies
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1794
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 07 Dec 1997
Working Paper Series
Amherst College and Cornell University
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4,430
7.
Measuring Governance, Corruption, and State Capture: How Firms and Bureaucrats Shape the Business Environment in Transition Economies
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2312
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 05 Jun 2001
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Governance and Public Sector Reform, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics and Political Science
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4,304
8.
The Role of Human Resource Management in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions
International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 15, No. 8, pp. 1357-1372, December 2004
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 21 Sep 2004
Accepted Paper Series
Northeastern University - Department of International Business and Strategy and Northeastern University - D'Amore-McKim
Downloads
4,274
9.
Is There a Relationship between Guns and Freedom? Comparative Results from 59 Nations
Texas Review of Law and Politics, Vol. 13
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 06 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 24 Dec 2008
Working Paper Series
Independence Institute, College of William and Mary - Department of Economics and Independent
Downloads
3,912
10.
The (True) Legacy of Two Really Existing Economic Systems
Munich Discussion Paper No. 2014-26
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 22 Jun 2014
Last Revised: 30 Apr 2015
Working Paper Series
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Harvard Business School, University of Bremen - Faculty of Business Studies and Economics and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
Downloads
3,818
11.
Islamic Financial Institutions and Products in the Global Financial System: Key Issues in Risk Management and Challenges Ahead
IMF Working Paper No. 02/192
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 06 Feb 2006
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Islamic Financial Institutions and Products in the Global Financial System: Key Issues in Risk Management and Challenges Ahead
IMF Working Paper No. 02/192
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 06 Feb 2006
Downloads
3,658
Islamic Financial Institutions and Products in the Global Financial System: Key Issues in Risk Management and Challenges Ahead
IMF Working Paper No. 02/192
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 21 Sep 2011
Downloads
273
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3,658
12.
The Purposes and Accountability of the Corporation in Contemporary Society: Corporate Governance at a Crossroads
Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 62, No. 3, Summer 1999
Number of pages: 78
Posted: 14 Jun 2000
Accepted Paper Series
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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3,632
13.
The Effect of FDI on India and Chinese Economy: A Comparative Analysis
Second Singapore International Conference on Finance 2008
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 06 Feb 2008
Working Paper Series
Bangalore University
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3,610
14.
Analyst Activity Around the World
HBS Strategy Unit Working Paper No. 01-061
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 27 Feb 2000
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Harvard University - Strategy Unit and Harvard University - Harvard Business School
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3,586
15.
What Works in Securities Laws?
Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 03-22; AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 29 Dec 2004
Working Paper Series
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business, SKEMA Business School and Harvard University - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
What Works in Securities Laws?
Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 03-22; AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 29 Dec 2004
Downloads
3,534
What Works in Securities Law?
NBER Working Paper No. w9882
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 05 Aug 2003
Last Revised: 04 Nov 2010
Downloads
167
Downloads
3,534
16.
Civic Crowdfunding: Participatory Communities, Entrepreneurs and the Political Economy of Place
Number of pages: 173
Posted: 18 May 2014
Last Revised: 23 May 2014
Working Paper Series
MIT Center for Civic Media
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3,293
17.
Virtual Currencies; Bitcoin & What Now after Liberty Reserve, Silk Road, and Mt. Gox?
Richmond Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2014
Number of pages: 108
Posted: 11 Feb 2014
Last Revised: 24 Dec 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business
Downloads
3,243
18.
Disrupting Governance: The New Institutional Economics of Distributed Ledger Technology
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 22 Jul 2016
Working Paper Series
RMIT University - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and RMIT University
Downloads
3,181
19.
Islamic Banking: Issues in Prudential Regulations and Supervision
IMF Working Paper No. 98/30
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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3,180
20.
History, Institutions and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 02-27
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 13 Aug 2002
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Notre Dame
There are 2 versions of this paper
History, Institutions and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 02-27
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 13 Aug 2002
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2,959
History, Institutions, and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India
American Economic Review, Vol. 95, No. 4, pp. 1190-1213, September 2005
Posted: 07 Apr 2006
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2,959
21.
The New Comparative Economics
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2002; Yale SOM Working Paper No. ES-24; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3054
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 21 Dec 2004
Working Paper Series
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, SKEMA Business School, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
There are 3 versions of this paper
The New Comparative Economics
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2002; Yale SOM Working Paper No. ES-24; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3054
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 21 Dec 2004
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2,939
The New Comparative Economics
NBER Working Paper No. w9608
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 05 Apr 2003
Last Revised: 17 Jun 2003
Downloads
122
The New Comparative Economics
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3882
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 17 Jun 2003
Downloads
13
Downloads
2,939
22.
Leviathan in Business: Varieties of State Capitalism and Their Implications for Economic Performance
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 31 May 2012
Last Revised: 30 Jun 2012
Working Paper Series
Brandeis University- International Business School and Insper Institute of Education and Research
Downloads
2,835
23.
How Many Varieties of Capitalism? Comparing the Comparative Institutional Analyses of Capitalist Diversity
MPIfG Discussion Paper No. 06/2
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 20 Apr 2006
Working Paper Series
Freie Universität Berlin and Temple University
Downloads
2,556
24.
The Foundations of Securities Law
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 06 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 13 Feb 2009
Working Paper Series
European University Institute (EUI)
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2,471
25.
A Comparative Analysis on Capitalism and Islamic Economic System
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 10 Mar 2012
Working Paper Series
Management and Science University (MSU) - Faculty of Business Management and Professional Studies
Downloads
2,403
26.
Comparing China's Financial System
China Journal of Finance, Vol. 1, pp. 1-28, June 2003
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 18 Sep 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Imperial College London, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Australian National University (ANU) - College of Business and Economics
Downloads
2,378
27.
E-Banking: Status, Trends, Challenges and Policy Implications
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 12 Jan 2004
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund
Downloads
2,341
28.
The Functional Method of Comparative Law
THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE LAW, Mathias Reimann & Reinhard Zimmermann, eds., Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 87
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 03 Nov 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Duke University School of Law
Downloads
2,327
29.
An Emerging Market for Corporate Control? The Mannesmann Takeover and German Corporate Governance
Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies, Discussion Paper No. 01/4
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 24 Nov 2001
Working Paper Series
Freie Universität Berlin and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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2,285
30.
Shareholder Protection and Stock Market Development: An Empirical Test of the Legal Origins Hypothesis
University of Cambridge, CBR Working Paper, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 108/2008
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 20 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 17 Nov 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Centre for Business Research (CBR), University of Cambridge, European University Institute (EUI) and United Nations
Downloads
2,255
31.
Agency Theory and Executive Compensation: The Case of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 02 Jan 2003
Working Paper Series
World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
Downloads
2,231
32.
Rethinking Governance: Empirical Lessons Challenge Orthodoxy
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 02 Jun 2003
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
Downloads
2,133
33.
Risk Analysis of Accounting Information System Infrastructure
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 15 Feb 2011
Working Paper Series
"Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University - Ia?i, România - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration - Doctoral School of Economics
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2,132
34.
Impediments to SME Access to Finance and Credit Guarantee Schemes in China
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 25 Jan 2004
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund
Downloads
2,116
35.
Mapping the Business Systems of 61 Major Economies: A Taxonomy and Implications for Varieties of Capitalism and Business Systems Research
Socio-Economic Review, 16(1), 5-38, 2018
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 15 Sep 2015
Last Revised: 21 Mar 2018
Accepted Paper Series
INSEAD, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), University of Edinburgh Business School, INSEAD Abu Dhabi Campus, European University Institute and University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
Downloads
2,087
36.
A Study of the Indian Corporate Bond Market
Money & Finance, Vol. 2, No. 12, January-March 2003
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 01 Aug 2003
Accepted Paper Series
ICRA Ltd and Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi - Economic Research Unit
Downloads
2,043
37.
Measuring National Innovation Systems Efficiency – A Review of DEA Approach
Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 16/STI/2013
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 03 Aug 2013
Last Revised: 23 Sep 2013
Working Paper Series
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Downloads
2,042
38.
How Do Legal Rules Evolve? Evidence from a Cross-Country Comparison of Shareholder, Creditor and Worker Protection
European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 129/2009, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge Working Paper No. 382
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 07 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Centre for Business Research (CBR), Ashurst LLP and European University Institute (EUI)
Downloads
2,016
39.
Islamic Economics: A Survey of the Literature
University of Birmingham: Religions and Development Research Programme, Working Paper No. 22
Number of pages: 158
Posted: 12 Oct 2008
Last Revised: 25 Sep 2014
Working Paper Series
Quaid-i-Azam University - Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)
Downloads
2,002
40.
The Evolution of Corporate Law: A Cross-Country Comparison
University of Pennsylvania, Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 791-871
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 17 Jul 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Columbia University School of Law, Ernst & Young, London School of Economics - Law Department and University of Michigan Law School
Downloads
1,978
41.
Corporate Governance in Comparative Perspective: Prospects for Convergence
Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 12 Oct 2001
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Los Angeles
Downloads
1,970
42.
E-Commerce, Cyber, and Electronic Payment System Risks: Lessons from PayPal
16 U.C. Davis Business Law Journal 261 (Spring 2016)
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 23 Aug 2013
Last Revised: 24 Dec 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business
Downloads
1,959
43.
Corporate Governance in Asia: A Comparative Study
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 24 Dec 2007
Working Paper Series
Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
Downloads
1,946
44.
The End of Comparative Law
Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 2, pp. 133-150, 2007
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 07 Dec 2007
Last Revised: 03 Dec 2008
Accepted Paper Series
European University Institute (EUI)
Downloads
1,829
45.
Islamic Economic System and Poverty Reduction
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 26 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 30 Aug 2014
Working Paper Series
Centre for Management Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi, India
Downloads
1,785
46.
The Ordoliberal Variety of Neoliberalism
Suzanne Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies (eds.), Banking Systems in the Crisis: The Faces of Liberal Capitalism, Abingdon: Routledge, 2013, pages 250-268.
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 07 Sep 2012
Last Revised: 29 Jan 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Loughborough University London - Institute for International Management and European University Institute (EUI)
Downloads
1,772
47.
The Role of International Accounting Standards in Foreign Direct Investment: A Case Study of Russia
International Trade and Finance Association, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 28 Oct 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Abu Dhabi University - Department of Accounting and Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
Downloads
1,740
48.
Corporate Governance in Transition: Ten Empirical Findings on Shareholder Value and Industrial Relations in Germany
Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies Working Paper No. 05/2001
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 19 Oct 2001
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Downloads
1,712
49.
Corruption, Public Finances, and the Unofficial Economy
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2169
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 25 Feb 2000
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
1,694
50.
The Shari'A Law Factor in International Commercial Arbitration
Number of pages: 75
Posted: 27 Apr 2006
Working Paper Series
Valparaiso University Law School
Downloads
1,692
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