Events at: Peter A. Allard School of Law

JSAC 2016 Annual Conference

The Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) Annual Conference will be hosted by the Centre of Japanese Research (CJR), housed within the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. It will bring together Japan Studies researchers from diverse disciplinary fields from throughout Canada and the world. This will include scholars in geography, fine arts, anthropology […]

Disaster Reduction Roundtable for Enhancing Resilience

LOCATION: Franklin Lew Forum, Peter A. Allard School of Law University of British Columbia, 1822 E Mall, Vancouver ABOUT THE SEMINAR: This event is jointly organized by the Ministry of State for Emergency Preparedness, the Consulate General of Japan, and UBC with presentations by a team of top-notch disaster reduction experts from Japan. The purpose of this […]

China’s Anti-Corruption Reforms and Shareholder Valuations

Chinese shares rose sharply on a 2012 announcement initiating an anticorruption campaign. More productive non-SOEs in high Q industries and greater external finance dependence in more liberalized provinces gained more. Non-SOEs in less liberalized provinces gained less, especially if their past entertainment and travel costs (ETC) were higher. These results suggest market development and anticorruption […]