We analyse the effect of leverage components and banks' "business model channels" on risk-taking for Brazilian banks. Using a detailed dataset from the Brazilian financial system, the results show that the measurement of leverage components is relevant for determining banks' risk. We highlight...

The objective of this paper is to investigate herding behavior in the Brazilian stock mutual funds. Through the study of the 100 largest funds of the category, between September/2004 and July/2008, two herding indexes are analyzed: (i) the index, proposed by Lakonishok, Shleifer and Vishny...

This paper discusses the Credit Derivatives Market perspectives in Brazil based on an empirical research aimed to evaluate the ability of financial market agents to deal with these instruments. The difficulties found by regulators and banking institutions to promote operations with Credit...

This work investigates the relationship between intellectual capital and value creation in the sector of Production and Assembly of Vehicles and Auto-parts in Brazil. Through the access of the database from the Annual Industrial Research conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and...

The study of intangible assets has been attracting growing attention of investors and companies in the last years, mainly due to its potential effect in the creation of value. This interest raises important questions regarding models to evaluate, assess and measure intangible assets and to link...

Once several studies have proved that the market value of the companies has distanced themselves from the book value, researchers have been searching the causes that explain the high discrepancy. One research stream focuses the intangible resources, and among these, the impact that the...