Portuguese Abstract: Este artigo utiliza a teoria institucional para testar hipóteses sobre como os fatores institucionais afetam a decisão das empresas em se organizarem em grupos empresariais, mesmo que essa decisão afete negativamente o valor de mercado dessas empresas ao compararmos com...

To what extent can monetary and financial crises and cycles be explained through economic theories? This paper is aimed at highlighting why a reliance on economic theories may be necessary given certain flaws which have been revealed from the recent Financial Crisis. Namely, that economic and...

We analyze the effect of two 2012's regulatory measures in the Brazilian telecommunications and electricity markets. The first intervention was undertaken by the telecommunications regulatory agency (Anatel) in 18th of July and refers to the interruption of the sales of important...

We analyze the effect of two 2012's regulatory measures in the Brazilian telecommunications and electricity markets. The first intervention was undertaken by the telecommunications regulatory agency (Anatel) in 18th of July and refers to the interruption of the sales of important...

Over the last two decades, almost all countries in the world have experienced a noticeable process of liberalization and deregulation. This process has both motivated and propelled changes in the very competitive dynamics of the banking industry. Therefore, various OECD countries have changed...

Portuguese Abstract: A literatura que estuda o desempenho de grupos empresariais apresenta resultados contraditórios, os quais podem ser creditados às escolhas metodológicas destes estudos (LAHIRI; PURKAYASTHA, 2017). Este estudo propõe uma nova metodologia e avalia o impacto no valor de...