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14 Nov 2018

The avoidance of related party transactions in insolvency

Kristin van Zwieten, Harris Manchester College

Transaction avoidance rules are widely thought to be an important tool in the regulation of related party transactions entered into by an insolvent or near insolvent firm. Such rules offer direct...

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  • Financial Regulation
02 Nov 2018

Twenty years of ‘Law and Finance’ – Time to take law seriously

Gerhard Schnyder | Mathias Siems | Ruth Aguilera

Twenty years ago, the first of a series of tremendously influential papers on 'Law and Finance' was published by Rafael La Porta and his colleagues. By putting legal institutions at the centre of...

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29 Oct 2018

Oxford Law Special Lecture Series - The Common Law and Finance: Perspectives from the Bench

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It is now twenty years since the publication of La Porta et al’s “Law and Finance” paper in the Journal of Political Economy. Although the methodology used in early law and finance papers attracted...

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20 Sep 2018

Shareholder Protection, Stock Markets and Cross-Border Mergers

Frederick S. Ahiabor | Gregory A. James | Frank O. Kwabi | Mathias Siems

How do we measure shareholder protection? For more than ten years, the Centre of Business Research (CBR) at the University of Cambridge has developed datasets on shareholder, creditor and worker...

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12 Oct 2017

After Brexit, is France Ready to Change its Approach to Law & Finance?

Sophie Vermeille

France has embarked on a major competition to benefit from Brexit and the weakening of London's financial center. President Emmanuel Macron, as well as Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Economy...

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03 Oct 2017

The Study of Political Institutions at the Centre of Financial Economics

Thomas Lambert | Paolo Volpin

In a recent survey of the literature on the political economy of finance (available here), we argue that understanding the evolution and functioning of financial systems cannot be fully appreciated...

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18 Sep 2017

Can Regulators Prevent Corporate Scandals? What 200 Years of History Tell Us

Luzi Hail | Ahmed Tahoun | Clare Wang

Are regulatory interventions in financial markets delayed reactions to market failures, or can regulators pre-empt corporate misbehavior? Given the high economic and social costs associated with...

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19 Apr 2017

German Corporate Law in the 20th Century

Thilo Kuntz

The German corporation (for the purposes of this post: “Aktiengesellschaft”) is known for its two-tier board system, employee codetermination on the level of the supervisory board, and minimum...
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13 Feb 2017

Law, Trust and Institutional Change in China: Evidence from Qualitative Fieldwork

Ding Chen | Simon Deakin | Mathias Siems | Boya Wang

What has been the contribution of the legal system in general, and of contract, corporate and financial law in particular, to economic growth and development in China? The Chinese experience of rapid...
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17 Jan 2017

Oxford Fintech & SmartLaw Society: A Student-led Initiative to Explore Disruptive Technologies

Alfonso Delgado

A group of postgraduate students has decided to set up an Oxford Fintech & SmartLaw Society to discuss issues of technological disruption in law and finance. In this post, we provide an overview...

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21 Nov 2016

Two Decades of Law & Finance: What Concept of Law (if any)?

Gerhard Schnyder

In 2017, the so-called Law and Finance School (‘LFS’) will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Starting with Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Andrey Shleifer, and Robert Vishny’s two seminal...

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  • Financial Regulation
20 Nov 2016

No Country Left Behind: History Complicates Efforts to Harmonize International Regulation

Hans B. Christensen | Christian Leuz | Luzi Hail

The European Union (EU) enacted a series of regulations in the early 2000s to improve the financial markets of member states. While the new regulations were formally the same across the EU, member...

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