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Andrei Shleifer
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 519
Citations - 286543
Andrei Shleifer is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Government & Shareholder. The author has an hindex of 171, co-authored 514 publications receiving 271880 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrei Shleifer include National Bureau of Economic Research & University of Chicago.
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Courts: The Lex Mundi Project
Simeon Djankov,Simeon Djankov,Rafael La Porta,Rafael La Porta,Florencio Lopez de Silanes,Florencio Lopez de Silanes,Andrei Shleifer,Andrei Shleifer +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the exact procedures used by litigants and courts to evict a tenant for non-payment of rent and to collect a bounced check were measured and described by Lex Mundi member law firms in 109 countries.
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Investor Protection and Equity Markets
TL;DR: In this paper, a simple model of an entrepreneur going public in an environment with poor legal protection of outside shareholders is presented, which is consistent with a number of empirical regularities concerning the relationship between investor protection and corporate finance.
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Transforming State Enterprises in Poland: Evidence on Adjustment by Manufacturing Firms
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the special case of Poland in the three years following the "big bang" of January 1, 1990 and examined the ownership and governance of state manufacturing companies.
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A model of shadow banking
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a model of shadow banking in which financial intermediaries originate and trade loans, assemble these loans into diversified portfolios, and then finance these portfolios externally with riskless debt.
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The Injustice of Inequality
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a model of institutional subversion focusing specifically on courts and of the effects of inequality in economic and political resources on the magnitude of subversion, and use the model to analyze the consequences of such institutional subversions for the law and order environment in the country, as well as for capital accumulation and growth.