Legal Origin

Corporate Governance, Investor Protection and Performance in Emerging Markets ArXiv ID: ssrn-303979 “View on arXiv” Authors: Unknown Abstract Recent research studying the link between law and finance has concentrated on country-level investor protection measures and focused on differences in legal sys Keywords: Law and Finance, Investor Protection, Legal Origin, Comparative Corporate Governance, Stock Market Development, Equities Complexity vs Empirical Score Math Complexity: 2.0/10 Empirical Rigor: 6.0/10 Quadrant: Street Traders Why: The paper relies on standard regression analysis and descriptive statistics rather than advanced mathematical derivations, placing it in the low math complexity range; it uses a proprietary dataset from CLSA for 495 firms across emerging markets to test hypotheses on governance-performance links, showing a data-heavy, implementation-focused empirical approach. flowchart TD A["Research Goal: Does investor protection law impact stock market development in emerging markets?"] --> B["Key Methodology: Comparative legal & financial analysis"] B --> C["Data: 10 Emerging Markets Legal Origins & Investor Protection Indices"] C --> D["Computational Process: Regression analysis of legal origin on equity market capitalization & performance"] D --> E["Key Findings: 1. Stronger investor protection correlates with higher stock market development 2. Legal origin shapes governance effectiveness 3. Investor protection is a critical driver of financial performance in emerging markets"]

Investor Protection and Corporate Governance ArXiv ID: ssrn-183908 “View on arXiv” Authors: Unknown Abstract Recent research on corporate governance has documented large differences between countries in ownership concentration in publicly traded firms, in the breadth a Keywords: corporate governance, ownership concentration, legal origin, shareholder rights, firm valuation, Equities Complexity vs Empirical Score Math Complexity: 2.0/10 Empirical Rigor: 3.0/10 Quadrant: Philosophers Why: The paper presents a conceptual framework and cross-country legal analysis with minimal advanced mathematics, and it relies on institutional data and literature review rather than backtesting or computational implementation. flowchart TD A["Research Goal: How does investor protection influence ownership concentration?"] --> B["Methodology: Cross-country regression analysis"] B --> C["Data Inputs: Legal Origin Shareholder Rights Index"] C --> D["Computational Process: OLS Regression of Ownership Concentration vs. Protection"] D --> E["Key Finding: Common Law origin countries have lower ownership concentration & higher firm valuation"]