Unfair Practices in Banking Ecosystems

“ An Unfair Advantage ” ? Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing

We explore the phenomenon and economics of private equity investments by bank-affiliated groups. Between 1983 and 2009, bank-affiliated private equity groups accounted for over a quarter of all private equity investments. Banks’ involvement increases during peaks of the private equity cycles. In particular, deals done by bank-affiliated groups are financed at significantly better terms than oth...

Evaluation of Corporate Governance Practices in Emerging Markets (A case study of Nigerian Banking Industry)

This study explores corporate governance practices within the context of the Nigerian banking industry using instances of corporate governance lapses that resulted in part to the Nigerian banking crises. We present multiple case analysis of publicly available documents and court papers (in the United Kingdom and Nigeria) to document instances of breach and areas of weakness in the existing Nige...

The EEC’s Unfair Pricing Practices Regulation: New Wave of Competition or Protectionism in Community Shipping?

This Note argues that, while the Pricing Regulation is a positive step in the development of a common market within the EEC, it is protectionist in its approach to developing nations. Part I analyzes the complaint against Hyundai in the context of the international shipping industry. Part II examines the EEC’s conflicting policy goals in adopting the Pricing Regulation. Part III discusses the d...

Unfair permutations

We study unfair permutations, which are generated by letting [Formula: see text] players draw numbers and assuming that player [Formula: see text] draws [Formula: see text] times from the unit interval and records her largest value. This model is natural in the context of partitions: the score of the [Formula: see text]th player corresponds to the multiplicity of the summand [Formula: see text]...

Obidroid: Monitoring the Android App Store for Unfair or Deceptive Practices