The goal of this paper is to analyze the premiere effects of the New Brazilian Bankruptcy Law, measuring its impact over the amount of bankruptcies and judicial reorganizations, and the firms' access to credit. Making use of econometric models we find that the amount of bankruptcies (requested...

Até que a confiança nos separe : as redes transimperiais e o mercado de crédito do Rio de Janeiro durante a segunda metade do século XVIII /Fábio Pesavento --Práticas creditícias e o cofre dos órfãos na vila de Curitiba (1780-1810) /Tiago Gil --Pequeños acreedores de grandes deudores :...

This report evaluates and compares the evolution and the determinants of the capital structure of Brazilian firms, with a particular emphasis on external financing. One of its main conclusions is that country factors are nearly as important as firm level factors. Industry factors are not very...