Vai Io Lo

Conviction and punishment: Free press and competitive election as deterrents to corruption (with Xiaowen Tian), Public management review (2009)

Democratic institutions are not equally effective in curbing corruption. Using a criminal behavior model, this...

Unaffordable health care amid phenomenal growth: The case of health care protection in reform China (with Chack-Kie Wong and Kwong-Leung Tang), Law papers (2007)

This article provides an up-to-date assessment of China's reformed urban healthcare system. It illustrates that,...

Foreign direct investment and economic performance in transition economies: Evidence from Chinese provinces (with Xiaowen Tian and Shuanglin Lin), Post-Communist Economies (2004)

Based upon a production junction with FDI representing updated technology from more developed, market-based economies,...

Employee inventions and works for hire in Japan: A comparative study against the U.S., Chinese, and German systems, Temple International and Comparative Law Journal (2002)

Although legislative provisions on employee inventions and works for hire have existed for years, their...

Property rights, productivity gains, and economic growth: The Chinese experience (with Xiaowen Tian), Post-Communist Economies (2002)

This study finds that the Chinese experience cannot, as some have claimed, pose a challenge...

Arbitration of commercial disputes in China, Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies (2001)

Resolution of civil disputes in China, UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal (2001)

[extract] Despite the prominent role of mediation in Chinese dispute resolution, the incidence of civil...

Atypical employment: A comparison of Japan and the United States, Comparative Labor Law Journal (1996)

The rise of atypical employment, which refers to work other than regular full-time employment, necessitates...

Labor and employment in the People’s Republic of China: From a nonmarket-driven to a market-driven economy, Indiana International and Comparative Law Review (1996)

From 1949 to the present, the People's Republic of China (China) has promulgated numerous labor-related...

Commercial law in Australia, Commercial law in Australia (2009)

A concise resource of fundamental concepts of Australian commercial law written in Chinese.

Commercial Law...

Law for foreign business and investment in China (with Xiaowen Tian), Law for foreign business and investment in China (2009)

In trying to establish a presence in China, foreign investors have found it imperative to...

Challenges to multilateral trade: The impact of bilateral, preferential and regional agreements (with Ross Buckley and Laurence Boulle), Law papers (2008)

Progress in multilateral negotiations to liberalise trade under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has become...

China's Urban Health Care Reform: From State Protection to Individual Responsibility (with Chack-Kie Wong and Kwong-leung Tang), Law papers (2006)

Based on a study of a mid-level city in China, these three scholars provide analysis...

Law and investment in China: the legal and business environment after WTO accession, Law papers (2005)

The Chinese market is appealing, but the Chinese legal system is very complicated. A basic...

Law and industrial relations: China and Japan after World War II, Vai Io Lo (1999)

Chinese and Japanese trade unions may seem emasculated and weak when compared with their Western...

Property rights developments and productivity gains in China: A law and economics perspective (with Xiaowen Tian), The revival of private enterprise in China (2007)

A number of empirical studies have found that private firms did not achieve as much...

The developments of intellectual property protection in China after Deng’s southern tour, The Nanxun legacy and China’s developments in the post-Deng era (2001)

In the spring of 1992, Deng Xiaoping made a historic tour of South China, popularly...

China’s dialogue with the West on rights: Is there any common ground?, Reform, legitimacy, and dilemmas: China’s politics and society (2000)

This paper by Vai Io Lo forms a chapter in the book 'Reform, legitimacy, and...

Labor law for foreign investment enterprises in China, Reform, legitimacy, and dilemmas: China’s politics and society (2000)