4 papers
HSBC 1950 to 2025: Conquering the world from British Hong Kong and London
Christopher Mantzaris, Ajda Fošner
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Co (HSBC) just survived a civil war intermitted by World War II. By the 1950s, it obviously needed to close all its branches in Mao's People's Rep…
US Code growth 1991-2025
Christopher Mantzaris, Ajda Fošner
This is the first scientific article since 2010 counting the words which are effective and permanent federal law in the United States (US) Code. The latest version of the US Code -…
Taxation and the relationship between payments and time spent
Christopher Mantzaris, Ajda Fosner
Tax work is costly for society: Administrative tax labour is typically to a high degree shuffled off the government and onto every taxpayer by law. The higher the burden of any tax…
HSBC until 1950: From its colonial cradle past the World Wars
Christopher Mantzaris, Ajda Fošner
Europe's largest bank by assets as of 2025 started out in the 1860s in one of Europe's colonies: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Co (HSBC). Multiple wars forced Qing China and la…