Investor Protection and Corporate Governance: Firm-Level Evidence Across Latin America

by Florencio Lopez de Silanes, Florencio Lopez-De-silanes, Alberto Chong

Book Overview

Latin America has been surprisingly spared from a generalized wave of corporate governance scandals. One possible explanation is that the region's level of investor protection is adequate. The evidence from the papers in this book says otherwise. The still relatively low level of protection and transparency has created an environment where problems cannot be easily detected or are not worth pursuing. These circumstances have started to push firms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804700079
• ISBN13: 9780804700078
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"