Sofia Johan
– Adjunct Professor, Schulich School of Business at York University
Sofia Johan has LL.B and LL.M. degrees in International Economic Law and a Ph.D. in Law. She is the Extramural Research Fellow at the Tilburg Law and Economics Centre (TILEC) in the Netherlands and also Adjunct Professor with the Schulich School of Business at York University. She is associate editor of the British Journal of Management. Her research is focused on law and finance, sovereign wealth funds, market surveillance, corporate governance, and alternative investments including but not limited to hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, real estate investment trusts, and IPOs. Her research has been published in the American Law and Economics Review, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Banking and Finance, European Financial Management, European Economic Review, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, among others. She has co-authored the books Venture Capital and Private Equity Contracting, and Hedge Fund Structure, Regulation, and Performance around the World. She has also consulted for a variety of governmental and private organizations in Canada, Australasia, and Europe.
Recent Research by Sofia Johan
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Chapter 1: Getting to a Four-Day Work Week Through Faster Productivity Growth
Chapter 2: Towards a More Productive and United Canada
Chapter 3: Barriers to Entry and Productivity Growth
Chapter 4: The Drag on Productivity from Excessive Regulation
Chapter 5: The Importance of Labour Market Mobility to Productivity Growth
Chapter 6: Promoting Productivity Growth by Encouraging Innovation
Chapter 7: Enhancing Productivity Growth by Encouraging Entrepreneurship
Chapter 8: Entrepreneurial Finance and Productivity in Different Institutional Contexts
Chapter 9: Increasing Productivity Through Tax Reform
Chapter 10: Putting Government on a Financial Diet
Chapter 11: Government Size and Economic Growth
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View the Infographic: Potential Gains From Eliminating Interprovincial Trade Barriers
View the Infographic: Barriers to Trade Harm Growth
View the Infographic: Excessive Regulation Hampers Productivity
View the Infographic: Increasing Productivity Through Tax Reform
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