Re-Imagining Offshore Finance

Market-Dominant Small Jurisdictions in a Globalizing Financial World

Christopher M. Bruner (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

260 Seiten

2017
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-046687-9 (ISBN)

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In this book, Bruner canvasses extant theoretical frameworks used to describe and evaluate the roles of small jurisdictions in cross-border finance. He proposes a new conceptual framework that better captures the characteristics, competitive strategies, and market roles of those achieving global dominance in the marketplace - the "market-dominant small jurisdiction" (MDSJ).

Small jurisdictions have become significant players in cross-border corporate and financial services. Their nature, legal status, and market roles, however, remain under-theorized. Lacking a sufficiently nuanced framework to describe their functions in cross-border finance - and the peculiar strengths of those achieving global dominance in the marketplace - it remains impossible to evaluate their impacts in a comprehensive manner.

This book advances a new conceptual framework to refine the analysis and direct it toward more productive inquiries. Bruner canvasses extant theoretical frameworks used to describe and evaluate the roles of small jurisdictions in cross-border finance. He then proposes a new concept that better captures the characteristics, competitive strategies, and market roles of those achieving global dominance in the marketplace - the "market-dominant small jurisdiction" (MDSJ). Bruner identifies the central features giving rise to such jurisdictions' competitive strengths - some reflect historical, cultural, and geographic circumstances, while others reflect development strategies pursued in light of those circumstances. Through this lens, he evaluates a range of small jurisdictions that have achieved global dominance in specialized areas of cross-border finance, including Bermuda, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Delaware. Bruner further tests the MDSJ concept's explanatory power through a broader comparative analysis, and he concludes that the MDSJs' significance will likely continue to grow - as will the need for a more effective means of theorizing their roles in cross-border finance and the global dynamics generated by their ascendance.

Christopher M. Bruner is Professor of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law. His teaching and scholarship focus on a range of corporate and transactional subjects, including Corporations, Corporate Finance, Deals and Comparative Corporate Law. He conducted comparative research as a visitor to the law faculties of the University of Cambridge, the University of Hong Kong, the University of Leeds, the University of Sydney, the University of Toronto, and the National University of Singapore. He is the author of Corporate Governance in the Common-Law World: The Political Foundations of Shareholder Power (2013), and his articles have appeared in a variety of law and policy journals. He received his A.B., M.Phil., and J.D. from the University of Michigan, the University of Oxford, and Harvard Law School, respectively.

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Preface

PART I: SMALL JURISDICTIONS IN CROSS-BORDER FINANCE

Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview

Chapter 2: Conceptualizing the Role of Small Jurisdictions
A. Whither Globalization?
B. Theorizing Small Jurisdictions
i. Tax Havens
ii. Offshore Financial Centers
iii. Micro-States and Global Cities
iv. English Legal Origins
C. Capital Mobility and Regulatory Competition

PART II: MARKET-DOMINANT SMALL JURISDICTIONS (MDSJs)

Chapter 3: What Is an MDSJ?
A. An Ideal Type
B. Comparative Methods

Chapter 4: Bermuda
A. Bridging the Atlantic
B. (Re)Insurance and "Captives"

Chapter 5: Dubai
A. The Cross-Roads of Europe, Africa, and Asia
B. Islamic Finance

Chapter 6: Singapore
A. East Meets West
B. Wealth Management

Chapter 7: Hong Kong
A. The Gateway to China
B. Mainland Finance

Chapter 8: Switzerland
A. At the Heart of Europe
B. Cross-Border Banking

Chapter 9: Delaware
A. Mediating Financial and Political Power
B. Business Entity Registration

PART III: MDSJs AND OTHER FINANCIAL CENTERS

Chapter 10: Failed Small Jurisdictions and Successful Large Jurisdictions
A. Revisiting the Ideal Type
B. Failed Small Jurisdictions
C. Successful Large Jurisdictions

Chapter 11: Conclusions

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	04.12.2016
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	239 x 160 mm
Gewicht	533 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	0-19-046687-1 / 0190466871
ISBN-13	978-0-19-046687-9 / 9780190466879
Zustand	Neuware