The role of law and regulation in sustaining financial markets /

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Imprint:Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
©2014
Description:xx, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:The economics of legal relationships ; volume 21
Economics of legal relationships ; v.21.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10136706
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Other authors / contributors:Philipsen, Niels, 1975- editor.
Xu, Guangdong, editor.
ISBN:9780415749008 (hardback)
041574900X (hardback)
9781315796390 (ebook)
1315796392
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"This book explores the role of law and regulation in sustaining financial markets in both developed and developing countries, particularly the European Union, the United States and China. The central argument of this book is that law matters for the operation of financial markets, which in turn significantly influences the performance of firms, industries and economies"--Half-title page.
Table of Contents:
  • I.
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The New Architecture of European Economic Governance
  • 3. The Impact of Pension Systems on Financial Development: An Empirical Study
  • 4. Does Financial Repression Retard China's Economic Growth? An Empirical Examination
  • 5. Law, Money, and Price: The Case of China
  • II.
  • 6. Recent Developments in the Regulation of Auditors: An Economic Perspective
  • 7. Controlling Misrepresentation in Securities Markets: Is Private Enforcement Trivial in China?
  • 8. Monitoring Shadow Banking: The Case of China
  • III.
  • 9. Cartel Enforcement in China: Monetary or Criminal Sanctions?
  • 10. Climate Change and Financial Instruments to Cover Disasters: What Role for Insurance?
  • 11. Project Finance Contracts, Essential Components, and Basic Strategic Advantages
  • IV.
  • 12. Corporate Governance Responses to Environmental Regulation and Market-Based Instruments
  • 13. The Free Market Myth and its Influence on CSR
  • V.
  • 14. Comparative and concluding remarks