Describes the impact of legal regulations on economic and financial outcomes Analyzes the relationship between legislation and the real economy Based on real case studies from the World Bank's Doing Business Project 2015

Auteur
Daniel Oto-Peralias is lecturer (Assistant Professor) at St Andrews University School of Management. He holds university degrees in Management and Business Administration and in Law, and has conducted postgraduate studies in economics and politics. He received his PhD from Pablo de Olavide University (Spain) in June 2014. His research focuses on the fields of law and finance and economic development, particularly on the role played by inequality and institutions in economic activity and welfare, paying special attention to the historical processes involved. Daniel has contributed to many economics conferences and has published articles in prestigious economic journals such as Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, and Journal of Law and Economics. During 2016 he undertook consultancy work for the World Bank on the subject of law and development."
Diego Romero-Ávila is Associate Professor at Pablo de Olavide University. He has been Research Fellow at the European Central Bank, Visiting Professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business, and External Consultant at the World Bank. His research interests lie in the fields of Macroeconomics and Development Economics. He has published articles in such academic journals as International Economic Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, and Economic Inquiry, among others.

Contenu
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Revisiting the Legal Origins Hypothesis: A Brief Review of the Literature.- Chapter 3: Data Description.- Chapter 4: Literature Review on the Effect of the Ease of Doing Business on Economic and Financial Outcomes.- Chapter 5: Legal Change within Legal Traditions and Convergence.- Chapter 6: Legal Rules Variation and Countries' Economic and Financial Performance.- Chapter 7: Sensitivity Analyses on the Effect of Legal Rules Variation on Economic and Financial Performance.- Chapter 8: The Effectiveness of Legal Reforms and the Gap between Law on the Books and the Reality on the Ground.- Chapter 9: Conclusions.