The subject of this thesis is the operation of corporate insolvency law in post-colonial India. Indian corporate insolvency law has been widely condemned as dysfunctional, critics complaining of extreme delays and a series of associated harms to creditors in the disposal of formal proceedings. Surprisingly little is known, however, about why the law has ‘failed’ creditors in this way - why the law operates as it does. That is the question that motivates this thesis. The thesis reports the results of an in-depth study of the introduction and development of India’s two principal insolvency procedures for corporate debtors: liquidation (under the Companies Act 1956) and rescue (under the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act 1985, for industrial companies). The most significant contribution made by the thesis is the reporting of new evidence of the influence of judges on the development of these two insolvency procedures over time, drawn from an original analysis of a large body of Indian case law. This evidence suggests that the role of the courts (or more specifically, the role of judges) has been significantly underestimated in previous attempts to explain the demise of corporate insolvency law in post-colonial India.

Submitted by Bruno Lavieri (bruno@lavieri.com.br) on 2015-08-10T02:28:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Efeitos do BNDES sobre o investimento_Lavieri_2015.pdf: 869919 bytes, checksum: d38997f95dd54fe98570084a923e04cb (MD5) / Rejected by Renata de Souza Nascimento (renata.souza@fgv.br), reason: Bruno, boa tarde Seu trabalho foi rejeitado por não estar de acordo com as normas da ABNT. Segue abaixo o que deverá ser alterado: A Numeração deve constar nas páginas a partir da Introdução. No caso, página 7. Assim que for realizado a alteração, por gentileza, postar novamente na biblioteca. Att Renata on 2015-08-10T17:23:19Z (GMT) / Submitted by Bruno Lavieri (bruno@lavieri.com.br) on 2015-08-10T17:51:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Efeitos do BNDES sobre o investimento_Lavieri.pdf: 896005 bytes, checksum: 9abd6ed0fa544506ed8f8ca5cb24719c (MD5) / Rejected by Renata de Souza Nascimento (renata.souza@fgv.br), reason: Bruno, Está numerado a partir da Lista de tabelas. É a partir da Introdução. Mencionei página 7, mas é página 8..a partir da Introdução. Att Renata on 2015-08-10T17:56:30Z (GMT) / Submitted by Bruno Lavieri (bruno@lavieri.com.br) on 2015-08-10T18:10:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Efeitos do BNDES sobre o investimento_Lavieri_2015.pdf: 895883 bytes, checksum: 7ef94b17ff7a376220f030894c983c98 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Renata de Souza Nascimento (renata.souza@fgv.br) on 2015-08-10T18:10:47Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Efeitos do BNDES sobre o investimento_Lavieri_2015.pdf: 895883 bytes, checksum: 7ef94b17ff7a376220f030894c983c98 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-08-11T13:16:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Efeitos do BNDES sobre o investimento_Lavieri_2015.pdf: 895883 bytes, checksum: 7ef94b17ff7a376220f030894c983c98 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-10 / O presente estudo busca quantificar os efeitos dos desembolsos do BNDES sobre os investimentos dos setores da indústria e serviços a partir de bases de dados do IBGE e do BNDES. Os resultados, obtidos de estimações em painéis de efeitos fixos, aleatórios e Arellano-Bond, indicam que o efeito marginal dos empréstimos do BNDES aos investimentos dos setores pode ser positivo, ainda que bastante reduzido. Além disso, os setores apresentam resultados bastante heterogêneos entre si em sua reação ao recebimento de crédito do BNDES. Ao passo que alguns setores apresentam elasticidades consistentemente positivas, outros apresentaram elasticidade negativa do investimento às concessões do BNDES. Tais resultados indicam que pode haver efeito crowding out como resultado de políticas de direcionamento a empresas de maior porte, em detrimento das firmas menores. Ainda, na estimação de funções de risco, em um dos resultados verificou-se que os setores que recebem recursos do BNDES possuem maior probabilidade de acessar o mercado de capitais. / This study seeks to quantify the effects of the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) disbursements on the investments of industry and service sectors with data collected from IBGE and BNDES. The results, obtained from fixed and random effects panels and Arellano-Bond estimations, indicate that the marginal effect of BNDES loans to investment sectors might be positive, although very small. Additionally, the sectors show heterogeneous results among each other in their reactions to the receipt of BNDES credit. While some sectors show consistently positive elasticities, others show negative elasticity of investment to the BNDES concessions. These results indicate that there might be a crowding out effect as a result of the larger companies targeting policies. Moreover, hazard functions estimates were made and one of the results indicate that the sectors that receive funds from the BNDES are more likely to access the capital markets.

Institutions are crucial in reflecting the economic and political conditions of their time. This thesis analyses the features of establishment process of the Industrial Development Bank of Turkey (TSKB) in close relation with the World Bank and the activities of the TSKB in its first four years between 1950 and 1953. The arguments of Development economics and the dependency theory are utilized in the discussion. The main objective of the study is to bring out the link between the establishment of a privately owned development bank in Turkey, aiming to promote private industry, and the economic environment at the time, including the Cold War atmosphere affecting internal and external politics of Turkey. Moreover, it is put forward that the sectors chosen for credit allocation are compatible with the international division of labor of the time. That is, the TSKB has channeled international funds in a way aiming at Turkey&rsquo / s integration to the world markets as a supplier of agro-industrial goods.