This is a PowerPoint presentation that debates the role of institutional investors as relevant shareholders on corporate governance in Brazil. The data provides correlational evidence that the presence of some institutional investors such as largest pension funds and the (Brazilian Development...

I investigate the effect of employee satisfaction on corporate performance based on an extensive dataset of 114,004 online reviews of Brazil's 1,000 largest listed and unlisted firms from 2013 to 2018 posted at a local subsidiary of Glassdoor. I find that overall employee satisfaction is...

I analyze the current prevalence of the concept of shareholder value maximization in Brazil from the normative, case law, and managerial perspectives. On the normative aspect, I show that Brazilian corporate law is much closer to a balanced and socially oriented perspective for the role of...

A preliminary court injunction based on alleged personal security risks to managers and directors gave Brazilian public companies the option of non-compliance with the most sensitive part of newly mandated compensation disclosure rules. We find, however, no association between state-level crime...

This is a PDF file with a presentation about the history and panorama of Corporate Governance and Capital Markets in Brazil, as of earlier 2014. It intends to help foreign researchers and practitioners to understand the evolution of the debates about corporate governance in Brazil, as well as...

Related Party Transactions (RPTs) are operations with high potential for conflict of interests between shareholders and managers or between controlling and minority shareholders. In environments characterized by concentrated ownership structures, such as in Brazilian, such transactions could be...

This paper analyzes the determinants of the differential pricing of equity classes (voting and non-voting shares) or the so-called dual-class premium (DCP) in Brazil from 1995 to 2006 with a focus on two specific corporate governance aspects: i) the granting of tag along rights, a mandatory bid...

Most Economics and Finance research relegates the possible influence of managers' personal characteristics or "style" over the main corporate policies and firm performance to a secondary level, preferably investigating market, industry or firm characteristics. However, a growing theoretical and...

The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is the main financing agent for long term investments in Brazil. Given its relevance, deriving from its large disbursements at subsidized interest rates, the bank could positively influence the corporate governance landscape among large Brazilian companies....