Infographic Instant with Bryane Michael

Hong Kong's and the Mainland's offshore relations and corporate governance are interlinked. We describe the waves of offshore incorporations in the region. We also provide evidence suggesting that China's poor corporate governance practices allowed companies to skirt Hong Kong's stricter governance standards. For more, see: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2914865

How much does China's poor corporate governance cost companies? How much would they benefit from reform? For more, see: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2914865

How does Chinese corporate governance rank relative to other jurisdictions? How many of its companies excel and/or falter in making profits from better corporate governance. For more, see: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2914865

How can Hong Kong learn the lessons (and obtain the benefits) from the US's extra-territorial corporate governance laws. We describe data measuring the quality of China's corporate governance. We describe how Hong Kong's corporate governance regulations impact on Chinese governance. And describe how we arrived at benefits of $333 billion in extra market value from adopting better corporate governa...

Construction looks like Brunei's scalable sector. As it gets bigger, it should push all growth forward. We present the data and math looking at the best amount of construction resources Brunei's government should put into construction -- now and in the future. For more, see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2395661

Good luck trying to find an estimate for inequality in Brunei. Until now. Using publicly avaiable information, we show Brunei's 0.4 Gini coefficient rates favorably with other countries like even Malaysia. For more, see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2395661

GDP growth needs to follow a "health route." Too fast or too slow, and growth hurts broader social development. In this session, we describe the 3% growth target which seems to maximize the social development of countries like Brunei. For more, see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2395661

Using human development indicator scores seems like a great way to measure government's performance. One simple number tells how good a government chases our hopes and dreams for us. Yet, as more countries use HDI targets, would we see an HDI "arms race"? For more, see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2395661

Loans will never be repaid in the IGAD region. In this episode, we describe how securitisation - and selling shares of hard assets (or debts) - can bring the $40 billion needed by countries like Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya and Uganda. For more, seehttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2790661

The IGAD region contains the poorest countries in the world. Perfect candidates for development bank lending/finance. How much money should these financial institutions give? About $40 billion. For more, see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2790661

Do the poorest countries in the world need their own development bank? Existing development banks have completely failed places like Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Eritrea, Uganda and Djibouti. For more, seehttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2790661

What do we know about the successes and failure of development banks so far? We describe the data -- showing how development banks have had high lending costs, low loan amounts, and socially inefficient project choices. For more, see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2790661

Many countries continue to set up development banks. Should they? We show data about effectiveness of development banks. They have a good record of turning a profit. But a poor record of promoting development. For more, see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2790661

We present the data showing how far China's real estate prices need to drop in order to wipe out China's current GDP growth. We talk about the 4 sources of economic shocks -- and weigh their relative effects. For more, see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2785503

How will changes in real estate prices likely affect China's growth? In this episode, we describe the data which might help us predict (if not at least understand) banking, real estate and even sovereign crises. For more, see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2785503

We describe how economies -- and especially China's economy -- respond to different economic rules before versus after a crisis. We present data from major OECD economies' real estate and banking sectors before and after crisis -- and the model which allows us to understand China's growth better. For more, see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2785503

Infographic instant episode describing new data showing banking restrictiveness by country. We introduce our index of the similarity of banking and financial regulations around the world. Listen if you want to know the best/worst countries to invest/bank. For the paper, see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2563981

How can law firms and investment banks compete for Chinese Going Out mandates? We show - using econometric analysis - how the legal complexity of the advisors' jurisdictions, their differentiation strategies and their local law schools, play a role. We also talk about a new way of seeing Geography as an academic discipline. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2607348

What does legal theory and economics teach us about the way corporate governance needs to change in Hong Kong? In this presentation, we review the problems with Hong Kong's corporations. We show how some simple changes can help bring much more money to this international financial centre.

Hong Kong sits perilously close to China -- geographically and economically. If and when crisis hits the Mainland, Hong Kong's financial centre will probably suffer. What can lawmakers do to protect an international financial centre highly dependent on a fragile larger hitherland? In this presentation, we review the amendments we propose to Hong Kong's own financial law. We talk about the tools an...

What can Hong Kong learn from the EU's experience in tackling corruption across borders? In this presentation, I talk about the ways that Hong Kong can import successful legal provisions from other jurisdictions (particularly the US and EU).

How can regulators draft more competitive financial law? For the jurisdictions lower down on the Y/Zen rankings, what can they do to raise they rankings -- and grab more money sloshing around global financial markets?

Law firms and global investment banks compete vigorously for clients from emerging markets. In this segment, we discuss the Chinese industries these clients come from. We show that elite advisers do not specialise in order to attract mandates.

This presentation provides the overview of the "mystery of China's divorced advisors." Chinese companies choose law firms and I-banks outside of China and their target companies' countries. Why? We motivate our discussion of the reasons in future infographics...

Hong Kong's law firms should be allowed to trade on the stock exchange. Historical inequalities have possibly deprived them of the same levels of capital as their foreign rivals/colleagues.