{"title":"Passive and Unequal: The Karlsruhe Vision for the Eurozone","authors":"Evangelos Venizelos","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3617771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3617771","url":null,"abstract":"BVerfG's decision on the ECB's Quantitative Easing Program (PSPP) raises two fundamental constitutional theory questions: 1) Should a case of severe excess of EU competences (ultra vires) be unilaterally reviewed by any Member State and even by its respective courts or should there be an activation of the mechanism that is provided for in multilateral international conventions under International Law, in order to ensure the sovereignty and institutional equality of all Member States? 2) Did the CJEU, by exercising marginal judicial control over the ECB's decisions on the PSPP, actually violate a constitutional tradition common to the Member States, that of exercising intensive judicial control over the actions of independent central banks or there is, on the contrary, a common tradition for judicial self-restraint on complex technical matters such as financial engineering? However, the decision raises equally serious issues in terms of the interpretation of the TEU and the TFEU. Insisting on a strict distinction between economic and monetary policy, the BVerfG essentially says “no” to the PSPP – despite it not being monetary financing- because it forms a virtual secondary bond market, a market that is actually primary. Asking the Federal Government and the Federal Parliament to impose on the ECB the obligation to further justify its choices within a three-month transitional period and for the Bundesbank to prepare an exit plan from the PSPP, the BVerfG sends a financial message that it wants a Eurozone that is economically passive and internally unequal. In fact, it sends this message as the economic crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds and the EU necessarily takes innovative and generous measures to support Member States.<br>","PeriodicalId":245985,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Institutions in Markets (Topic)","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116830727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MiFID II and Inducements: A Copernican Revolution in the Investment Services Ecosystem? Speculative Thoughts on the Inducements Regime After Two Years From MiFID II Introduction in the Light of the Recent ESMA Technical Advice","authors":"Andrea Vianelli, Francesca Valenti","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3584710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3584710","url":null,"abstract":"The paper sheds light on MiFID II inducements regime and its application after two years from the entry into force of MiFID II. In this respect, the Authors analyse not only the regulatory framework applicable to inducements and investment firms but provide also a pragmatic overview on the extent to which such regime may impact the business model of both investment firms and asset managers. Ultimately, an overview on the recent ESMA Technical Advice on inducements disclosure is provided. \u0000 \u0000As a conclusive remark, the Authors raise some interrogatives about the potential of FinTech and RegTech solutions for optimizing the current conflict of interests framework within the investment services industry.","PeriodicalId":245985,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Institutions in Markets (Topic)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127769811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does FDI Caused Profit Repatriation: Exploring the Moderating Role of Governance Institutions","authors":"G. Faheem, D. Siddiqui","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3681259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3681259","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the impact of foreign direct investment, institutional quality on profit repatriation and net primary income taken as a proxy of profit repatriation. Inflation and GDP per capital were taken as controls. Data sample of 54 countries (developing) has been used for the first model of this research. And data sample of 100 countries (developed and developing both) has been used for the second model. The sample period is from 2008-2017. Finding of this study indicate that institutions quality is negatively impacting profit repatriation and net primary income. It also reveals foreign direct investment is negatively affecting profit repatriation but positively impacting net primary income. Results reveal that investors are unwilling to invest in countries where institutions encourage corruption, because these factors increase the cost of doing business. Developing countries have weaker institutions than developed countries and so, investors will be taking their profit back and not willing to re-invest in that particular country.","PeriodicalId":245985,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Institutions in Markets (Topic)","volume":"316 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115917425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monther Eldaia, Mustafa Hanefah, Ainulashikin Binti Marzuki, S. Shatnawi
{"title":"Takaful in Malaysia: Emergence, Growth, and Prospects","authors":"Monther Eldaia, Mustafa Hanefah, Ainulashikin Binti Marzuki, S. Shatnawi","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-0218-1.ch035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0218-1.ch035","url":null,"abstract":"Takaful is an Islamic insurance contract introduced to substitute the conventional insurance which has been precluded by nearly all Muslim scholars as it encompasses the components of gharar (uncertainty), maysir (gambling), and riba (usury). Its feasibility is evidenced after numerous Fatwas were issued by Fiqh academies and Ulama in its support. Takaful is founded on the basis of cooperation and mutual aid as it is broadly used in the commercial sector. The Takaful business operation is regulated by the codes of Shari’ah and by other laws. Many models such as the Wakalah model, Mudharabah model, and the amalgamation of Mudharabah and Wakalah models have been applied in the Takaful corporate operation. This chapter explicates the existing implications and future prospects of the Takaful industry in Malaysia. It offers a review on Takaful industry in Malaysia and emphasizes issues and challenges, opportunities, and recommendations.","PeriodicalId":245985,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Institutions in Markets (Topic)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127889129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The United States and the International Law of Global Security","authors":"M. Jorgensen","doi":"10.17169/REFUBIUM-27235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17169/REFUBIUM-27235","url":null,"abstract":"For the United States the ‘international law of global security’ is, in a unique sense, synonymous with the entire project of constructing global legal order. Uniquely preponderant power enjoyed since the end of the Second World War has allowed US preferences to manifest not merely in specific rules and regimes, but in purposive development of the entire structure of global legal order to favour American security interests. Perceptions of a recent decline in this order now find expression in advocacy for a ‘liberal’ or ‘rules-based’ international order, as the claimed foundation for global prosperity and security. This working paper seeks to map out the parameters of US contributions to the global security order by uncovering the strategic and political foundations of its engagement with the international law of global security. The paper begins by reflecting on competing US conceptions of the relationship between national security and global order as they evolved across the twentieth century. The focus then turns to three significant trends defining the contemporary field. First are US attitudes toward multilateral institutions and global security, and the ongoing contest between beliefs that they are mutually reinforcing versus beliefs that US security and global institutions sit in zero-sum opposition. Second is the impact of the generational ‘War on Terror’, which has yielded more permissive interpretation and development of laws governing the global use of violence. The final trend is that towards competitive geopolitical interests restructuring international law, which are evident across diverse areas ranging from global economics, to cybersecurity, to the fragmentation of global order into spheres of influence. Looking ahead, a confluence of rising geopolitical competitors with divergent legal conceptions, and conflicted domestic support for the legitimacy and desirability of US global leadership, emerge as leading forces already reshaping the global security order.","PeriodicalId":245985,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Institutions in Markets (Topic)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126785737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The UAE and Responsible Finance – Can Responsible Finance Ṣukūk Help the UAE in Fulfilling Its Sustainability Ambitions?","authors":"Edana Richardson","doi":"10.1163/15730255-bja10013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15730255-bja10013","url":null,"abstract":"Responsible finance ṣukūk provide market participants with a capital markets instrument through which they can fulfil the dictates of Islamic law, while also participating in green, social or sustainable economic activity. However, as centres for Islamic finance (such as Malaysia and Indonesia) become prominent markets for responsible finance ṣukūk, issuances of these instruments have been noticeably slower to develop in the United Arab Emirates (the ‘UAE’). This has not been due to a lack of public enthusiasm for a sustainable economy from UAE authorities. However, the plethora of government sustainability initiatives, statements and targets has resulted in somewhat of a patchwork of policies, not all of which are publicly available or centrally curated. This article will aim to map the UAE’s sustainability agenda and consider where responsible finance ṣukūk fit within this agenda. Against this backdrop, it will analyse the contractual structure of the UAE’s first issuance of responsible finance ṣukūk.","PeriodicalId":245985,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Institutions in Markets (Topic)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125900647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Good Faith Principles in Islamic Contract Law: A Comparative Study with Western Contract Law","authors":"M. Khan, Junghan Bae, Seok-Beom Choi, N. Han","doi":"10.16980/jitc.15.6.201912.143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16980/jitc.15.6.201912.143","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose - Every country needs smooth, reliable, and efficient business growth, both domestically and internationally. Nevertheless, every country differs in terms of its legal, political, cultural, and religious environments and backgrounds, and therefore possesses specific rules and regulations for launching international business. In this context, this research presents a comparative analysis of the good faith principle of Islamic contract law with existing civil and common law. Design/methodology/approach - Descriptive and analytical research methodology was adopted in this study in which relevant materials (verses) have been collected from the Holy Quran, Islamic books, different research papers, and web sites.<br><br>Findings - This analysis reveals that the good faith principle of Islamic contract law is more business friendly, comprehensive, simple, and realistic, based on honesty and fairness in a business transaction. The good faith principle of Islamic contract law covers all stages of a contract.<br><br>Research implications or Originality - The good faith principle comprises the prescribed laws, religious, and cultural-backed obligations, as well as trust and fair dealing. Therefore, the good faith principles of different regions, countries, cultures, and religions need to be investigated in order to increase the efficiency of international business. This study could provide a lesson for many lawmakers.","PeriodicalId":245985,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Institutions in Markets (Topic)","volume":"176 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114752122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aid Targeting in Post Conflict Nepal","authors":"M. Binetti, M. Steinwand","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3575828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3575828","url":null,"abstract":"International aid plays an important role in the reconstruction of war-torn societies after the end of civil war, but its effectiveness depends on whether aid reaches the neediest recipients. We study how power sharing in Nepal's post-conflict transition affected the political capture of aid. We argue that despite the explicit inclusion of disadvantaged groups in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement from 2006 and the Interim Constitution, regions that neither aligned with the Maoist rebels nor the government during the civil war remained politically disadvantaged. A possible causal mechanism is the low threat potential of non-combatant groups, which results in under-representation during peace negotiations and in post-conflict institutions. We present statistical evidence that districts in which neither the government nor the Maoist rebels (CPN(M)) had political support during the conflict receive systematically less aid during the post-conflict period, regardless of economic need or damage caused by fighting. At the same time, support for the CPN(M) during the conflict is a significant predictor for higher post-conflict aid flows, but only in times when the CPN(M) holds government office.","PeriodicalId":245985,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Institutions in Markets (Topic)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131312778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Food Safety and Quality Regulations in Nigeria","authors":"Dr. Festus Ukwueze","doi":"10.7176/jlpg/92-15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7176/jlpg/92-15","url":null,"abstract":"Ensuring high level of food safety and quality is necessary to provide adequate protection for consumers. Unsafe and poor quality food products have dire negative impacts on the economy and public well-being, which justifies government intervention in every country to ensure food safety. This study doctrinally interrogates the legal and institutional framework for food safety and quality in Nigeria with a view to ascertain whether extant laws and regulatory institutions put in place to regulate food safety and quality in the country are adequate. Keywords: Consumer protection, Food regulation, Food safety, Nigeria. DOI : 10.7176/JLPG/92-15 Publication date: December 31 st 2019","PeriodicalId":245985,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Institutions in Markets (Topic)","volume":"211 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116712286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Globalization, Lawyers, and Emerging Economies: The Rise, Transformation, and Significance of the New Corporate Legal Ecosystem in India, Brazil, and China","authors":"D. Wilkins, David M. Trubek, B. Fong","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3453908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3453908","url":null,"abstract":"Beginning in the 1990s, India, Brazil, and China have each developed a distinct corporate legal \"ecosystem,\" comprised of new (or newly repurposed) domestic \"corporate\" law firms, foreign law firms competing (on the ground or virtually) to serve both foreign and domestic clients, general counsel offices of both domestic and multinational companies, and law schools either designed or retooled to supply lawyers qualified to practice corporate law. In this Article, we utilize data from an unprecedented set of empirical studies to document the rise of this new corporate ecosystem in these three important emerging economies, and to develop grounded theory about the forces that have produced this transformation, and that help to explain differences among the three jurisdictions. Specifically, we argue that differences in what we call the \"micro-level gearing\" in the relative importance of the three key elements in the corporate legal ecosystems that have developed in India, Brazil, and China – law firms, clients, and legal education – can be explained, in part, by differences in what we will call the \"macro-level gearing\" in the relative power of the state, the market, and the bar – both between all three countries and the United States, and among the three jurisdictions. This difference has been most pronounced in China, where the dominance of the \"state gear\" in shaping the corporate legal market contrasts sharply with both the U.S. \"market\" driven model, and the influence of the \"bar\" in shaping the micro-level corporate ecosystems in India and Brazil. We conclude by offering some tentative thoughts about the implications of our findings for a rapidly globalizing corporate legal services market in which a growing number of states are beginning to exert greater control at the macro-level.","PeriodicalId":245985,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Institutions in Markets (Topic)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126618161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}