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in Europe and Latin America, where several governments are large shareholders in a variety of public firms. In a sense …, the subprime crisis induced these governments to behave as active large shareholders. This paper uses a sample of public … firms in Brazil to show that government activism lowers the value of minority shareholders' voting rights. While the …
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It is believed that privatizations substantially contributed to boost stock markets through the 1980s and 1990s. However, trough which channels did that materialize? We test whether privatizations improving households' acquaintance with the risk and return characteristics of stocks through the...
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How can governments and companies be jointly empowered to have a positive impact on the sustainable development goals? The current economic system is largely geared towards increasing economic growth. But this could come at the expense of rising social inequality and environmental...
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