CALL FOR PAPERS
SSE-LSE-CCER Annual Conference on
Law, Finance, and Economic Growth in China
Recent theoretical and empirical research has built up a causal relationship between law and finance and between finance and economic growth. A seeming paradox of the Chinese experience thus arises between a marvelous record of economic growth in the last quarter of century and a lack of a developed legal system as well as the persistence of a dysfunctional financial system. How can we understand this paradox? How do we reconcile China’s experience with the existing literature? Is there room for improvement in the legal and financial systems? With these questions in mind, the second SSE-LSE-CCER (Stockholm School of Economics, London School of Economics and China Center For Economic Research) Annual Conference calls for papers for an international symposium on “Law, Finance, and Economic Growth in China” to be held at the Stockholm School of Economics in November 2006. Potential topics for this symposium are not confined to China-related issues, though. A sample of relevant topics includes:
1. General topics:
(1) Theoretical and empirical explorations of the relationship between law, finance, and economic development.
(2) Theoretical and empirical explorations of the relationship between developmental stage and financial structure.
(3) Theoretical and empirical studies on the role of the legal system in formal and informal finance.
2. China-related topics
(4) Theoretical and empirical analyses of economic growth within an incomplete legal system in China.
(5) Regional variations of the legal system and their implications for economic performance in different Chinese regions.
(6) Empirical analyses of the relationship between law, finance, and economic growth in China
(7) The legal environment and its dynamism in China in the last quarter of century.
(8) Comparison between the Chinese experience and those of other transition and developing countries.
