Code
3F011107
Duration
01 October 2007 → 30 September 2011
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Law
- Other law and legal studies
Keywords
company law
financial law
capital market law
Project description
Initially the research seeks to formulate a distinctive definition of hedge funds in comparison with other undertakings of pooled investment. The next level focuses on the question whether the phenomenon possibly generates stimulating effects on business life in general, which might offset the detrimental ones. Based on the findings of the previous part, the research finally covers the need for regulation.