Since the early 1997 paper by La Porta et al., a growing body of research has argued that 'legal origins' have a country-specific, time-invariant effect on property rights and economic development. Following the methodology of La Porta et al., an original database of 51 bankruptcy laws has been built: it ranges over 15 European countries and more than a hundred years (1808-1914), and summarises how the rights and incentives of the parties were defined as the procedures unfolded. The first conclusion is that, over the entire period, all legal traditions strongly protected creditors' rights; only English law comes out prima facie as less protective. Second, evidence suggests that the evolution of these laws was influenced less by their past t...
Much attention has been devoted in recent literature to the claim that a country's "legal origin" ma...
During the course of the XIX and XX centuries, economic transformations, cultural change, and genera...
In this paper, we try to measure the impact of the changes in French bankruptcy law in the 19th cent...
Since the early 1997 paper by La Porta et al., a growing body of research has argued that ‘legal ori...
Since LLSV early 1998 paper, a growing body of research has argued that “legal origins ” have a coun...
Since the early 1998 paper by LLSV, a growing body of research has argued that "legal origins" have ...
Since the early 1997 paper by La Porta et al., a growing body of research has argued that ‘legal ori...
This contribution first presents a brief outline of the economic logic of bankruptcy laws as of thei...
Despite the relevance of bankruptcy law for a number of key issues regarding business functioning an...
A growing body of research in economics and in business and economic history has shown the key role ...
Despite the relevance of bankruptcy law for a number of key issues regarding business functioning an...
Much attention has been devoted in recent literature to the claim that a country's "legal origin" ma...
Much attention has been devoted in recent literature to the claim that a country's "legal origin" ma...
This paper aims at giving an explanation of the changes in the number of bankruptcies during the sec...
The "law and finance theory" predicts that the common law system provides the best basis for financi...
Much attention has been devoted in recent literature to the claim that a country's "legal origin" ma...
During the course of the XIX and XX centuries, economic transformations, cultural change, and genera...
In this paper, we try to measure the impact of the changes in French bankruptcy law in the 19th cent...
Since the early 1997 paper by La Porta et al., a growing body of research has argued that ‘legal ori...
Since LLSV early 1998 paper, a growing body of research has argued that “legal origins ” have a coun...
Since the early 1998 paper by LLSV, a growing body of research has argued that "legal origins" have ...
Since the early 1997 paper by La Porta et al., a growing body of research has argued that ‘legal ori...
This contribution first presents a brief outline of the economic logic of bankruptcy laws as of thei...
Despite the relevance of bankruptcy law for a number of key issues regarding business functioning an...
A growing body of research in economics and in business and economic history has shown the key role ...
Despite the relevance of bankruptcy law for a number of key issues regarding business functioning an...
Much attention has been devoted in recent literature to the claim that a country's "legal origin" ma...
Much attention has been devoted in recent literature to the claim that a country's "legal origin" ma...
This paper aims at giving an explanation of the changes in the number of bankruptcies during the sec...
The "law and finance theory" predicts that the common law system provides the best basis for financi...
Much attention has been devoted in recent literature to the claim that a country's "legal origin" ma...
During the course of the XIX and XX centuries, economic transformations, cultural change, and genera...
In this paper, we try to measure the impact of the changes in French bankruptcy law in the 19th cent...