Article history: Received 30 May 2011 Received in revised form 7 November 2011 Accepted 20 December 2011 Available online 29 December 2011 We investigate bank risk taking, efficiency and their relation to law enforcement using a unique sample of 133 Chinese city commercial banks across 31 regions for the 1999–2008 period. We find that stronger law enforcement tends to promote greater bank risk ...

The English common-law rules of private international law have, to a large extent, been replaced by European conflicts-law regulations in the United Kingdom (UK). Nevertheless, common remains highly influential numerous jurisdictions. In many legal systems, private-international-law are based fundamentally on developed courts. This is problematic since may be outdated. article examines choice-o...