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Lending Quality and Contracts Enforcement Reforms

D'Apice, Vincenzo; Fiordelisi, Franco; Puopolo, Giovanni W. - 2021

We investigate the causal relationship between the efficiency of country’s judicial system and the quality of bank lending, using the contracts enforcement reforms that have been implemented in four European countries as a quasi-natural experiment. We find that strengthening of contract...

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B.P.E v Dangote Cement PLC (2020) 5 NWLR (Pt. 1717) 322 : The Enforceability of Unincorporated Collective Agreements in Nigeria

Chukwuma, Victor - 2021

This paper briefly reviews part of the recent decision of the Supreme Court in B.P.E v Dangote Cement Plc wherein the apex court reiterated the old common law position to wit that a collective agreement is not enforceable except where it has been incorporated into the contract of employment by...

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How the Massachusetts Assault Weapons Ban Enforcement Notice Changed Firearm Sales

Balakrishna, Meenakshi; Wilbur, Kenneth C. - 2021

The Massachusetts Attorney General issued an Enforcement Notice in 2016 to announce a new interpretation of a key phrase in the state’s assault weapons ban. The Enforcement Notice increased sales of tagged assault rifles by 616% in the first 5 days, followed by a 9% decrease over the next...

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Foreign Ownership and the Enforcement of Corporate Governance Reforms

Bhatta, Bibek; Marshall, Andrew P.; Neupane-Joshi, Suman; … - 2021

This study examines whether a stronger corporate governance enforcement regime influences the investment decisions of foreign portfolio investors in an emerging market context. Using a natural experiment provided by an Indian corporate governance regulatory reform introduced in 2000, but for...

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An Analysis of ASIC Enforcement Against Auditors and Liquidators

Ramsay, Ian; Webster, Miranda - 2021

against auditors and liquidators. Using several sources (ASIC enforcement reports, ASIC media releases, ASIC regulation of …

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Informed Enforcement : Lessons from Pollution Monitoring in China

Deng, Zichen; Axbard, Sebastian - 2021

Government regulations are often imperfectly enforced by public officials. In this study, we investigate if real-time monitoring of policy outcomes can improve enforcement of existing regulations by exploring the introduction of air pollution monitors in China. Exploiting assignment criteria...

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When Labor Enforcement and Immigration Enforcement Collide : Deterring Worker Complaints Worsens Workplace Safety

Johnson, Matthew S.; Grittner, Amanda - 2021

Regulatory agencies overseeing the labor market often rely on worker complaints to target their enforcement resources. This system might be counterproductive if the workers at risk of poor working conditions also face high barriers to complain. We examine the implications of complaint-based...

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The New Italian Regulation on Copyright Enforcement : Comparative and Critical Remarks

Riccio, Giovanni Maria - 2021

At the end of December the Italian Communications Authority (Agcom) unanimously approved a new regulation on copyright … enforcement for on-line infringements. This Regulation, which does not imitate any previous European or US legislation, holds a … provides a legal analysis of this new Regulation, remarking the most relevant issues, with specific reference to the right to …

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Private Enforcement versus Public Enforcement

Franck, Jens-Uwe - 2021

This paper sheds light on the ‘private-vs.-public enforcement’ debate. In the first part, using EU internal market law as an example, it will be illustrated that the (relative) effectiveness of private and public instruments of enforcement is significant not only from a policy point of view,...

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FTC Privacy and Data Security Enforcement and Guidance Under Section 5

Reicher, Alexander; Fang, Yan - 2021

Section 5 of the FTC Act does not itself mention privacy or data security, yet it is the legal basis for well over a hundred Federal Trade Commission privacy and data security enforcement actions. The Commission has used the broad language of Section 5—which prohibits “unfair or deceptive...

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