Legal Traditions, Legal Reforms and Economic Performance Theory and Evidence /

• Main Authors: Oto-Peralías, Daniel (Author), Romero-Ávila, Diego (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Finance, Public.; Law > Philosophy.; Law.; Law and economics.; Development economics.; Economics.; Law and Economics.; Business Law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Public Finance.; Political Economy/Economic Policy.; Development Economics.

This book investigates whether legal reforms intended to create a market-friendly regulatory business environment have a positive impact on economic and financial outcomes. After conducting a critical review of the legal origins literature, the authors first analyze the evolution of legal rules and...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Revisiting the Legal Origins Hypothesis: A Brief Review of the Literature
• Chapter 3: Data Description
• Chapter 4: Literature Review on the Effect of the Ease of Doing Business on Economic and Financial Outcomes
• Chapter 5: Legal Change within Legal Traditions and Convergence
• Chapter 6: Legal Rules Variation and Countries’ Economic and Financial Performance
• Chapter 7: Sensitivity Analyses on the Effect of Legal Rules Variation on Economic and Financial Performance
• Chapter 8: The Effectiveness of Legal Reforms and the Gap between Law on the Books and the Reality on the Ground
• Chapter 9: Conclusions.  .