The securities fraud, asset-quality management and earnings management perpetrated by Alibaba and other China-based companies that cross-listed their shares in US stock markets (the “SinoCos”) seemed to be a major corporate objective and an integral part of their organizational strategies,...

Non-performing Loans (NPLs) have international ramifications because many banks operate in several countries and NPL-resolution related laws enacted in their home countries affect their foreign operations. While the management of Non-performing Loans (NPLs) remains a major problem around the...

The securities fraud, asset-quality management and earnings management perpetrated by Alibaba and other China-based companies that cross-listed their shares in US stock markets (the “SinoCos”) seemed to be a major corporate objective and an integral part of their organizational strategies,...

There are significant economic policy issues inherent in the use of REITs, and in operations of some companies that own substantial commercial real estate. This article identifies and analyses these issues and develops relevant theories about why REITs are inefficient and should be eliminated or...

This article presents decision models for choice of Land Title system, and shows that the Torrens/Registration system will be more efficient for the overall economy, given several constraints such as transaction costs, availability of title insurance, average tenant owner tenure, available legal...

This article explains the relationships among Constitutions, Sovereign Debt policies and Foreign Aid and systemic risk; and why it's improper to criticize what is termed “Foreign Aid”. During the last fifty years, Foreign Aid has remained functionally, politically and economically the same...

Multiple Listing Systems (MLS), Real Estate Website (REW) Laws, and Rent-Control and Rent-Stabilization statutes (RCRS) are unconstitutional and affected the transmission of monetary policy and fiscal policies, and the rapid changes in housing prices and housing demand which occurred in the US...