Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Author "Djankov, Simeon"

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    • Debt Enforcement Around the World 

      Djankov, Simeon; Hart, Oliver; McLiesh, Caralee; Shleifer, Andrei (University of Chicago Press, 2008)
      Insolvency practitioners from 88 countries describe how debt enforcement will proceed against an identical hotel about to default on its debt. We use the data on time, cost, and the likely disposition of the assets ...

    • Disclosure by Politicians 

      Djankov, Simeon; La Porta, Rafael; Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio; Shleifer, Andrei (American Economic Association, 2010)
      We collect data on the rules and practices of financial and conflict disclosure by politicians in 175 countries. Although two thirds of the countries have some disclosure laws, less than a third make disclosures available ...

    • The Effect of Corporate Taxes on Investment and Entrepreneurship 

      Shleifer, Andrei; Djankov, Simeon; McLiesh, Caralee; Rmalho, Rita; Ganser, Tim Christian (American Economic Association, 2010)
      We present new data on effective corporate income tax rates in 85 countries in 2004. The data come from a survey, conducted jointly with PricewaterhouseCoopers, of all taxes imposed on "the same" standardized mid-size ...

    • The Law and Economics of Self-dealing 

      Djankov, Simeon; La Porta, Rafael; Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio; Shleifer, Andrei (Elsevier, 2008)
      We present a new measure of legal protection of minority shareholders against expropriation by corporate insiders: the anti-self-dealing index. Assembled with the help of Lex Mundi law firms, the index is calculated for ...

    • The new comparative economics 

      Djankov, Simeon; Glaeser, Edward; La Porta, Rafael; Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio; Shleifer, Andrei (Elsevier BV, 2003)
      In recent years, comparative economics experienced a revival, with a new focus on comparing capitalist economies. The transition from socialism, the Asian financial crisis, and the European economic and political integration, ...

    • Private credit in 129 countries? 

      Djankov, Simeon; McLiesh, Caralee; Shleifer, Andrei (Elsevier BV, 2007)
      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 the legal system ...

    • Who Owns the Media? 

      Djankov, Simeon; Caralee, McLiesh; Nenova, Tatiana; Shleifer, Andrei (University of Chicago Press, 2003)
      We examine the patterns of media ownership in 97 countries around the world. We find that almost universally the largest media firms are owned by the government or by private families. Government ownership is more pervasive ...