Experiments in financial democracy : corporate governance and financial development in Brazil, 1882-1950 /
Musacchio, Aldo.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction; 2. Financial development in Brazil in the nineteenth century; 3. The stock exchange and the early industrialization of Brazil, 1882-1930; 4. The foundations of financial democracy: disclosure laws and shareholder protections in corporate bylaws; 5. Voting rights, government guarantees, and ownership concentration, 1890-1950; 6. Directors, corporate governance, and executive compensation in Brazil, c. 1909; 7. Bond markets and creditor rights in Brazil, 1850-1945; 8. Were bankers acting as market makers?; 9. What went wrong after World War I?; 10. The rise of concentrated ownership in the twentieth century; 11. Conclusion.
Stockholders
Corporate governance
Finance