Investor protection and corporate governance
Subtitle: firm-level evidence across Latin America
By: edited by Alberto Chong and Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes.
Contributors: Chong, Alberto.; Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio.
Series: Latin American development forum
Publisher: World Bank; Stanford Economics and Finance/Stanford University Press; Inter-American Development Bank
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 557
ISBN-13: 9780821369135; 9780804700078
Subjects: Corporate governance; Investments
Description: Análise comparativa sobre corporação, admistração financeira, investimento na América Latina, em especial nos seguintes países: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, México, Venezuela.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Corporate governance in Latin America / Alberto Chong and Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes; title: Insider trading and corporate governance in Latin America / Juan J. Cruces and Enrique Kawamura; title: Corporate governance and ownership : measurement and impact on corporate performance and dividend policies in Argentina / Ricardo N. Bebczuk; title: Corporate governance and value in Brazil (and in Chile) / Ricardo P.C. Leal and Andre L. Carvalhal-da-Silva; title: The effect of corporate governance practices on company market valuation and payout policy in Chile / Fernando Lefort and Eduardo Walker; title: Corporate governance and firm valuation in Colombia / Luis H. Gutierrez and Carlos Pombo; title: Corporate governance and firm value in Mexico / Alberto Chong and Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes; title: CEO and director turnover in Venezuela / Urbi Garay and Maximiliano Gonzalez.