DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRUST: A CRITIQUE OF THE ORTHODOX PATH TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY

The dominant strain of law and development theory holds that strong property rights are a necessary condition for economic growth. Nonetheless, China has experienced thirty years of frenetic growth absent strong property rights. This Note explores this phenomenon through an analysis of a unique corporate form that has come to underlie most of the publicly traded Chinese Internet sector—the Variable Interest Entity (VIE). The VIE is, at its core, a series of contracts designed to mimic “true” ownership. As such, the VIE problematizes law and development theory in two primary ways. First, the contract-based ownership system does not provide the clean title envisioned by most law and development theorists, and consequently raises issues related to control. Second, the ownership claim of the investor is likely judicially unenforceable. Accordingly, the increasing prevalence of the VIE structure and the simultaneous economic growth enjoyed by China’s Internet sector naturally leads to a number of interrelated conclusions. First, the VIE shows that weak property rights may be sufficient in situations where they nonetheless provide notice of who “owns” the particular item at issue (i.e., it serves a title-clearing function). Second, culturally specific, extralegal institutions and methods may vindicate rights in the absence of the rule of law. Third, predictability, an implicit purpose of the property rights regime, may allow for economic growth absent strong property rights. Read together, these three conclusions suggest that the academy has taken a good idea—the almost universal emphasis of rule of law and property rights—and stretched it beyond the confines of its natural universe

Education and Service: Sermons and Addresses Delivered while in Office at Marietta College, 1900-1912

The sermons in this book are the 12 baccalaureate sermons Perry delivered while president of Marietta. The addresses include his inaugural speech and talks he gave before such organizations as the Conference of Colleges of the Interior and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.https://mds.marshall.edu/perry_alfredt/1000/thumbnail.jp

Association of heart rate variability with perceptual-motor measures among ROTC cadets

Neural processes underlying situational awareness share circuits with those that regulate autonomic function. Heart rate variability may provide an important indicator of cognitive-motor performance capabilities in challenging situations

Increasing Your Calf Crop by Management, Pregnancy Testing, and Breeding Soundness Examination of Bulls

Percent calf crop weaned is influenced more by man¬agement decisions than by any other single factor in a cow herd, and therefore can be a very important factor in annual returns for a cow-calf operation. Percent calf crop weaned is calculated by dividing the number of calves weaned by the total number of females exposed during the breeding season. As shown in Table 1, as percent calf crop weaned increases, pounds of calf weaned per cow exposed increas¬es and production cost per hundred pounds of calf produced decreases. Increasing weaning weights approximately 50 pounds is equal to an increase of 10% in calf crop weaned

"HIV" is Already in All of Us: Contagious Communication and the Production of Viral Knowledge

The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.Session 2. Presenter: A. Tyler Perry, PhD, University of Washington (2008) - "'HIV' is Already in All of Us: Contagious Communication and the Production of Viral Knowledge".The Ohio State University College of Social Wor

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Marine Evidence-based Sensitivity Assessment (MarESA) – A Guide

The Marine Evidence-based Sensitivity Assessment (MarESA) methodology was developed by the Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN) team at the Marine Biological Association of the UK. The following guide details the approach, its assumptions, and its application to sensitivity assessment. The guide discusses: • key terms used in sensitivity assessment; • the definitions and terms used in the MarESA approach; • its assumptions; • the definition of resistance, resilience and sensitivity; • the definition of pressures and their benchmarks; • the step by step process by which the possible sensitivity of each feature (habitat, biotope or species) to each pressure is assessed; • the interpretation and application of evidence to sensitivity assessments on a pressure by pressure basis; and • limitations in the application of sensitivity assessments in management. The MarESA methodology provides a systematic process to compile and assess the best available scientific evidence to determine each sensitivity assessment. The evidence used is documented throughout the process to provide an audit trail to explain each sensitivity assessment. Unlike other expert-based approaches, this means that the MarESA assessments can be repeated and updated. The resultant 'evidence base' is the ultimate source of information for the application of the sensitivity assessments to management and planning decisions. The MarESA dataset and MarLIN website represent the largest review of the potential effects of human activities and natural events on the marine and coastal habitats of the North East Atlantic yet undertaken