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Investor Protection and Corporate Governance
. Ed(S): Chong, Alberto; de Silanes, Florencio
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Description for Investor Protection and Corporate Governance
hardcover. Editor(s): Chong, Alberto; de Silanes, Florencio. Series: Latin American Development Forum. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCM; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 38. .
Latin America has been surprisingly spared from a generalized wave of corporate governance scandals. One possible explanation is that the region's level of investor protection is adequate. The evidence from the papers in this book says otherwise. The still relatively low level of protection and transparency has created an environment where problems cannot be easily detected or are not worth pursuing. These circumstances have started to push firms thirsty for capital to unilaterally opt for better corporate governance and alleviate this disadvantage. The papers in this book constitute the largest firm-level corporate governance analysis undertaken across ... Read more
Latin America has been surprisingly spared from a generalized wave of corporate governance scandals. One possible explanation is that the region's level of investor protection is adequate. The evidence from the papers in this book says otherwise. The still relatively low level of protection and transparency has created an environment where problems cannot be easily detected or are not worth pursuing. These circumstances have started to push firms thirsty for capital to unilaterally opt for better corporate governance and alleviate this disadvantage. The papers in this book constitute the largest firm-level corporate governance analysis undertaken across ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Latin American Development Forum
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804700016
SKU
V9780804700016
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Chong, Alberto; de Silanes, Florencio
Alberto Chong is a researcher at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Florencio Lopez de Silanes is a Professor at the Yale School of Management and is a researcher with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
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