The Hidden Advantage of Chinese Subsidies
By Usha C. V. Haley and George T. Haley
How did China move so swiftly in capital-intense industries without labour-cost or scale advantage from bit...
How the Rand Exchange Rate Volatility Affects the South African Economy?
By Matthew Kofi Ocran
While the South African rand has historically been characterised with high volatilities, the recent levels of gyrations of the currency, particularly...
Natural Disasters, Bank Damages, and Firm Activities
By Kaoru Hosono and Daisuke Miyakawa Below Kaoru Hosono and Daisuke Miyakawa examine the impacts of financial shocks arising from two earthquakes in
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...
Singapore as an ASEAN Asset Management Hub
By Francis Koh and Boris Liedtke
Singapore like other ASEAN countries is also confronted with the universal challenge of retirement funding. Nonetheless, the authors argue...
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....
Usury in the 21st Century
By Richard Westra
Neoliberal deregulation commencing in the closing decades of the 20th century put into play a global financial system which operates as a...
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...
