Luxury Taxation, Good for Economic Development?
By Patrick Imam
Developing countries are struggling to mobilise resources to finance social and infrastructural development. The author argues that one avenue is to tax...
The Impact of Law and Corruption on Venture Capital and Private Equity Fees and...
By Douglas Cumming, Grant Fleming, Sofia Johan & Dorra Najar
This article summarises recent research on the role of law, culture and corruption on venture...
Governance of International Banking: The Financial Trilemma
By Dirk Schoenmaker
International banking is at the cross-roads. Are we heading for the decentralised banking model, by which banks are split in national subsidiaries...
EU Post-Crisis Resilience and Fragility: Collateral Damage or Global Recovery
By Irene Finel-Honigman
There is a perception of steady economic recovery across the post-sovereign debt crisis within the European Union (EU) and the Eurozone....
How Finance is Shaping the Economies of China, Japan, and Korea
By Yung Chul Park, Hugh Patrick, and Larry Meissner
In what ways, and to what degree, has the financial system mattered, and what roles has...
Perceptionomics – How to Solve the Eurozone Crisis
By Terence Tse and Mark Esposito
The “north vs. south” mentality of the Eurozone is not helping anyone, least of all the European Union...
Is Venture Capital In Crisis?
By Douglas Cumming & Sofia Johan
The recent financial crisis cannot totally be blamed for the marked drops in venture capital fundraising, reduced venture investment...
The Impact of Hedge Fund Regulation: An International Perspective
By Douglas Cumming, Na Dai & Sofia Johan
The success of a hedge fund relies on more than just internal structure and governance. The jurisdiction...
Rejuvenating the European Economy: The Role of Islamic Finance
By Sohail Jaffer
Commenting on the sharp decline in European banks’ share prices in the early weeks of 2016, which it described as a “concern”,...
The Role of Ethical Finance in the Well Being of the 21st Century Societies
By Sofia Santos
According to the Report produced by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, chaired by Joseph Stiglitz, it...
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Why Are Wars Legal? By International Law, Waging War Itself is a War Crime. Why do we think it is not?
By Joseph Mazur
The Geneva Convention permits states to defend themselves under the right to use force in expectancy of an armed attack by another state. That right could then validate invading under a covert...
