About this episode

Alex speaks with Bryce Tingle about the impact of regulations on corporate governance and public markets in Canada.

In this episode from 2024, Alex speaks with Bryce Tingle about corporations, how these unique legal entities are governed, how changes we have made to corporate governance has discouraged companies from joining Canada’s public markets, and how the decline in our public market is hurting Canadians. Episode Notes: 1. Bryce’s article “Returning Markets To The Centre Of Corporate Law” https://jcl.law.uiowa.edu/sites/jcl.law.uiowa.edu/files/2023-09/Tingle_Final.pdf 2. Bryce’s profile at UofCalgary https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/bryce-tingle 3. Jensen and Meckley’s “The Theory Of The Firm” https://www.sfu.ca/~wainwrig/Econ400/jensen-meckling.pdf 4. Introduction to Douglass North’s theory of Institutions: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40803-016-0028-8 5. Summary of Montesquieu’s “Doux Commerce” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doux_commerce 6. Mill on Trade As a Social Act: https://www.utilitarianism.com/ol/five.html 7. The Voltaire quote referenced regarding the London Stock Exchange: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7351337-go-into-the-london-stock-exchange-a-more-respectable

People in this episode

Host: Alex

Guest: Bryce Tingle

Topics covered

• corporate governance
• public markets
• regulations
• economic impact
• Canada
• corporations

Keywords

• regulations
• corporate governance
• public markets
• Canada
• economic impact
• corporations
• Bryce Tingle

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Calgary

Books & works: Returning Markets To The Centre Of Corporate Law, The Theory Of The Firm, Doux Commerce, Mill on Trade As a Social Act

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