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Investor protection and corporate governance : firm-level evidence across Latin America / edited by Alberto Chong and Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes. - Washington, DC : World Bank, 2007. - xxi, 557 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Latin American development forum .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Corporate governance in Latin America / Alberto Chong and Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes -- Insider trading and corporate governance in Latin America / Juan J. Cruces and Enrique Kawamura -- Corporate governance and ownership : measurement and impact on corporate performance and dividend policies in Argentina / Ricardo N. Bebczuk -- Corporate governance and value in Brazil (and in Chile) / Ricardo P.C. Leal and Andre L. Carvalhal-da-Silva -- The effect of corporate governance practices on company market valuation and payout policy in Chile / Fernando Lefort and Eduardo Walker -- Corporate governance and firm valuation in Colombia / Luis H. Gutierrez and Carlos Pombo -- Corporate governance and firm value in Mexico / Alberto Chong and Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes -- CEO and director turnover in Venezuela / Urbi Garay and Maximiliano Gonzalez.

ISBN: 9780821369135 082136913X 0821369148 (electronic) 9780804700016 (Stanford hardcover)

LCCN: 2007003700

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Corporate governance.
Investments.

LC Class. No.: HD2741 / .I63 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 338.6098 / WOI 2007