A large stream of research has analyzed the effects of corporate political connections
(CPCs) on firms, including first evidence on their effects on financial reporting behavior …

Law and Society provides a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the interplay between
law and society using both Canadian and international examples. This clear and readable …

This paper examines the impact of judicial independence on stock price crash risk.
Employing the establishment of circuit tribunals in China as a shock to judicial …

In contrast with quotas and tariffs, it is theoretically ambiguous whether fewer (or 'weaker')
rules over intellectual property rights will increase or decrease trade in patentable goods …

Institutionalized discrimination between foreign and domestic investors exists in many
countries. We examine the differential effects of foreign investor protection (FIP) and …

This paper develops a simple two-country model of quality-improving innovation to study the
role tariff barriers play in shaping the welfare impact of global patent protection. We show …

In this dissertation I examine hazards of firms' political connections for shareholders. I first
synthesize, by means of a systematic literature review, existing evidence on the benefits and …

We evaluate the case for non-discrimination in international patent protection. When trade is
not subject to any frictions/barriers, requiring national treatment (NT) does not affect the rate …

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the patent office of the German state
Wuerttemberg strategically discriminated against foreign inventors by charging …

This study aimed to explore the state transition of regional innovation capacity (RIC) and
analyze the heterogeneous effects of determinants in an innovative subject and environment …