Documents et rapports
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Debt enforcement around the world (anglais)
We present insolvency practitioners from 88 countries, and ask them to describe in detail how debt enforcement will proceed in their countries. We use the data on time, cost, and the likely disposition...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 40721 Date du document: 1 décembre 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Djankov,Simeon,Mcliesh,Caralee,Shleifer,Andrei,Hart,Oliver Simon D'Arcy
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Private credit in 129 countries (anglais)
We investigate cross-country determinants of private credit, using new data on legal creditor rights and private and public credit registries in 129 countries. We find that both creditor protection through...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 40720 Date du document: 1 janvier 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Djankov,Simeon,Mcliesh,Caralee,Shleifer,Andrei
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The World Bank research observer 18 (1) (anglais)
Tight money in a post-crisis defense of the exchange rate : what have we learned?, by Peter J. Montiel. Foreign bank entry : experience, implications for developing economies, and agenda for further research...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 25578 Date du document: 31 mars 2003 Auteur: Botero,Juan Carlos,Clarke, George,Cull,Robert J.,Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Keinan,Yoram,Kleinheisterkamp,Jan,Kumar, Ajay,La Porta,Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,Martinez Peria,Maria Soledad,Montiel,Peter J.,Pistor,Katharina,Sanchez,Susana M.,Shleifer,Andrei,Volokh, Alexander,West,Mark D.
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Judicial reform (anglais)
A review of the evidence on judicial reforms across countries shows that those seeking to improve economic performance should not focus on judicial efficiency alone but on independence as well. It also...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 76442 Date du document: 1 mars 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Botero,Juan Carlos,La Porta,Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,Shleifer,Andrei,Volokh, Alexander
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The new comparative economics: a first look (anglais)
The transition from socialism, the Asian financial crisis, and the European economic and political integration, have challenged understanding of how capitalist economies and societies work. Capitalist...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 28201 Date du document: 25 avril 2002 Auteur: La Porta,Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,Shleifer,Andrei
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Who owns the media? (anglais)
The authors examine patterns of media ownership in 97 countries around the world. They find that almost universally the largest media firms are controlled by the government or by private families. Government...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2620 Date du document: 30 juin 2001 Auteur: Djankov,Simeon,McLeish, Caralee,Nenova,Tatiana,Shleifer,Andrei
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Transition 11 (3-4) (anglais)
World Bank's new approach helps business in transition economies; by Lars Jeurling. Are foreign investors and multinationals engaging in corrupt practices in transition economies? by Joel Hellman, Geraint...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 20807 Date du document: 31 juillet 2000 Auteur: Hischler, Richar [editor],Jeurling,Lars A.,Hellman,Joel,Jones,Geraint Paul,Kaufmann,Daniel,Caves, Richard E.,Dowell, Glen,Hart, Stuart,Yeung, Bernard,Alcacer, Juan,Shen,Xiaofang,Giszpenc,Noemi Lea,Squire,Lyn,Shleifer,Andrei,Treisman,Daniel,Bruszt, Laszlo,Laszlo,Csaba,Sutela, Pekka,Berglof,John Erik Anshelm,Friebel,Guido,Guriev,Sergei M.,Yudaeva,Ksenia,Kozlov,Konstantin,Melentieva, N.,Ponomareva,Natalia Antonovna,Easterly,William R.,Olson, Mancur
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Public policy for the private sector (anglais)
A new method for auctioning highways. Water privatization and regulation in England and Wales. Designing regulatory institutions for infrastructure - lessons from Argentina. Colombia's gradulist approach...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 17406 Date du document: 30 juin 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Engel,Eduardo,Fischer Barkan,Ronald David,Galetovic Potsch,Alexander,Van Den Berg,Caroline,Estache,Antonio,Gray,Philip D.,La Porta,Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,La Porta,Rafael,Pistor,Katharina,Spicer, Andrew,Claessens, Stijn,Djankov,Simeon,Pohl,Gerhard,Ramachandran, S.,Shleifer,Andrei,Vishny, Robert
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Which countries give investors the best protection? (anglais)
Does the owner of a share of stock in Mexico have the same rights as one in Germany or India? Is a creditor in Italy as well protected as one in Switzerland? Do laws protecting investors differ among countries...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 16709 Date du document: 30 avril 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: La Porta,Rafael,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio,Shleifer,Andrei,Vishny,Robert
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Establishing property rights (anglais)
Establishing secure property rights in transition economies amounts to solving two problems: inefficiency structures of control rights over assets and poor contract enforcement. Politicians and bureaucrats...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 14422 Date du document: 31 mars 1995 Auteur: Shleifer,Andrei
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Transition 5 (9) (anglais)
A new program for trade recovery in the new independent states. Averting a debt crisis in the Russian economy. What's next? Strategies for enterprise restructuring in Russia. Czechs are optimistic - but...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 16457 Date du document: 30 novembre 1994 Auteur: Michalopoulos,Constantine,Tarr, David G.,Fan,Qimiao,Lee,Une J.,Boycko, Maxim,Shleifer,Andrei