Scottish Parliament Citizens’ Panel on COVID-19
Report
Citizens’ Panel Steering Group, . (2021)
Scottish Parliament Citizens’ Panel on COVID-19. https://archive2021.parliament.scot/20210218CVDCitizensPanelReportFinal.pdf: Scottish Parliament
This Citizens’ Panel was commissioned by the Scottish Parliament’s COVID-19 Committee. Its findings will support the COVID-19 Committee’s work to scrutinise the Scottish Gover...
Managing smart city governance: A playbook for local and regional governments
Report
Beckers, D., Gerli, P., Mora, L., Thabit, S., & Tonnarelli, F. (2023)
Managing smart city governance: A playbook for local and regional governments. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat
This playbook and its recommendations are primarily aimed at municipal governments and their political leaders, local administrators, and public officials who are involved in ...
The Legal Basis for the Application of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (the UCP) in England & Canada
Journal Article
Chhina, R. K. (2008)
The Legal Basis for the Application of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (the UCP) in England & Canada. Journal of International Maritime Law, 14(3), 228-239
This article looks into the legal status of the UCP in two major common law countries — England and Canada. It seeks to show that a transition is under way and that the UCP is...
Hidden from public view, directors’ pay in Malaysia leads to inefficiency and inequality
Other
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2020)
Hidden from public view, directors’ pay in Malaysia leads to inefficiency and inequality. London
Ownership and control of business corporations by state or government is common in Asian economies. Whether this is a better governance practice than the market-based model of...
History of economic thoughts hidden within the archives of Abrahamic religions
Book Chapter
Khaleel, F., & Avdukic, A. (2020)
History of economic thoughts hidden within the archives of Abrahamic religions. In Islamic Finance Practices: Experiences from South Eastern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34420-7
The Ibrahimic religions in spite of their theological differences, share many common grounds in their view of right and wrong within relation to persuasion of market regulatio...
Performance bonds under English law: A journey from a strictly ‘narrow’ fraud exception to an overly broad ‘breach of good faith’ exception
Presentation / Conference
Chhina, R. K. (2017, August)
Performance bonds under English law: A journey from a strictly ‘narrow’ fraud exception to an overly broad ‘breach of good faith’ exception. Paper presented at 4th Annual International Conference on Law and policy, St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, UK
This paper critically examines the approach in English law to the application of the fraud exception to the principle of the autonomy of performance bonds. It establishes that...
How Much Is Hidden? Pay for Elites in Government-Linked Entities
Book
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2019)
How Much Is Hidden? Pay for Elites in Government-Linked Entities. Penang, Malaysia: Consumers Association of Penang
The presence of government-linked entities as influential players in the financial markets and economy sets Malaysia’s business ecosystem apart from competitive market-based s...
Stock Options and Credit Default Swaps in Risk Management
Journal Article
Al-Own, B., Minhat, M., & Gao, S. (2018)
Stock Options and Credit Default Swaps in Risk Management. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 53, 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2017.09.021
The use of stock options and credit default swaps (CDS) in banks is not uncommon. Stock options can induce risk-taking incentives, while CDS can be used to hedge against credi...
Is executive compensation a substitute governance mechanism to debt financing and leasing?
Journal Article
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2016)
Is executive compensation a substitute governance mechanism to debt financing and leasing?. Applied Economics, 48(14), 1293-1302. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2015.1100247
This study examines whether and how CEO equity incentives relate to financing choices (i.e., debt and leases). Using manually collected CEO compensation and lease data for a s...
The Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit (the UCP): Are they merely a set of Contractual Terms?
Journal Article
Chhina, R. K. (2015)
The Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit (the UCP): Are they merely a set of Contractual Terms?. Banking and Finance Law Review, 30(2), 245-265
The paper examines the true legal nature of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit (the UCP) by applying the test: whether the UCP Rules will be applied or at...