Institutional failure or market failure?

We investigate the effect of the power of creditors, property rights protection, and institutional quality, on bank profits using a panel of 498 banks from 46 countries. Results show that better institutions and stronger property rights protection reduce bank profits, while stronger power of creditors drives up bank profits significantly. Results imply that better institutions and enhanced property rights protection lead to greater flow of credit allowing firms and investors to undertake more profitable ventures. By extension, stronger creditor rights erect steeper barriers to external finance for firms and investors. National indicators of economic freedoms may be more important to lowering the spread than strict creditor rights. Seemingly, credit markets fail when economic institutions fail or when governments intervene into these markets in ways that impede the safety and soundness of financial transactions and private contracting.     

Is current institutional quality linked to legal origins and disease endowments? Evidence from Africa

This paper empirically assesses if and to what extent cross-country differences in institutions inherited from the past affect current institutional quality in Africa. Specifically, the work evaluates if legal origins and disease endowments explain cross-country differences in the quality of contemporary institutions that are widely considered to be important for financial system development and other economic outcomes, such as those related to creditor rights protection and the credit information infrastructure, as well as the judicial, legal property and insolvency systems. Empirical tests are carried out on a sample of 46 African former European colonies with data on current institutional quality from 2004 to 2013. The findings reveal that the legal origins hypothesis receives strong support in the data: historical factors, rooted in legal origins, have long-lasting effects on current institutional quality in the African context. Mixed evidence is instead found for the endowment view.     

证券市场上中小投资者权益保护机制初探

保护投资者的合法权益是证券法的立法宗旨，然而近几年证券市场上侵犯投资者权益的事件不断发生，在一定程度上已经影响到证券市场的稳定。《证券法》等法律法规中的诸多缺漏，使得其未能充分有效地发挥出保护中小投资者的合法权益、遏制违法行为的作用。应不断完善法律法规，强制信息公开制度，规范信息披露方式，并通过设立法律责任维护中小投资...     

行政合同与民事合同的区分标准——以国有建设用地使用权出让合同为例

英美法系没有专门的行政合同的概念,大陆法系分为法国和德国两个理论流派.我国应综合考虑合同的目的和内容来构建我国的行政合同和民事合同的划分标准.国有建设用地使用权土地出让合同的性质,从合同的目的、合同主体、合同内容来看属于"行政合同"范畴,区分过程对于确立区分标准具有实际意义.     

在垄断中引入竞争：烟草行业规制改革的路径抉择

在现有的专卖政策和税收体制下,烟草商业企业缺乏竞争机制和生存压力,经营效率和服务水平难以提升。通过对我国石油、电力、电信等垄断行业的比较分析,本文探讨了烟草行业纵向分拆的背景、工业企业横向合并的现实,并基于此提出烟草商业系统引入竞争的理论方案,即通过标尺竞争和南北分拆,推动商业企业走向市场化道路。     

对新《保险法》理赔程序与时限法律规制的研究

新《保险法》关于理赔程序和时限的法律规制，体现了公平理赔、尽速理赔的价值目标，对解决理赔难问题发挥了重要作用，但仍存在与保险理赔实践不够契合、法律责任设置不完善等问题。本文从分析新《保险法》理赔程序与时限的相关规定人手，将其与保险理赔实践进行对比，并研究违反程序与时限的法律后果，最后对如何进一步完善相关规定、增强法律的执行效果提出了建议。     

依托《中小企业促进法》加快我国中小企业国际化经营

我国要积极实施"走出去"战略,必须充分重视中小企业的国际化经营。《中小企业促进法》的颁布实施为中小企业发展提供了法律依据。有关部门应当在相关法律框架内,采取有效措施推动中小企业国际化经营。     

论著作权法对“创作者特权”的确认与限制——以“鬼吹灯”案中的作者续写权利主张为切入点

“创作自由”与“创作者的自由”是一对容易混淆的概念,《著作权法》对于这两类自由采取了不同的确认方式,不宜仅基于“创作自由”的话语扩张“创作者特权”,乃至将其主张为著作权法上的专有权利。“鬼吹灯”同人作品案中被控侵权人主张的“系列故事续写权”实为一种积极权利,不同于一审判决和既有研究中确认的消极权利,因而违背了《著作权法》第1条和第10条中对于“创作者特权”及其专有权利化主张的限制。该类主张的背景是两大法系中作品观融合导致了对于作者权益的挤压,作者权理念在法律实践中出现了反弹。从现代社会中创新的复合属性、版权利益分配格局的自发形成、我国社会中通行的权利观念等角度出发,应当坚守《著作权法》对于创作者自由的既有确认与限制机制。民法典对于一般人格权的保护则能够提供外部的制度协同。     

公司法教学中应用多媒体手段若干问题探讨

公司法教学中应用多媒体教学手段,对激发学生的学习兴趣、加强学生接受和处理课堂信息的能力以及提高教学效率和教师教学水平有着积极意义。公司法教学的特点决定了多媒体教学是可取的教学手段,公司法教学中应用多媒体教学手段应注意掌握课堂信息量和教学节奏、多媒体课件的制作以及多媒体课件应用与课堂讲授的有机结合。