In recent years, Brazilian economic performance has been influenced by increasingly volatile financial flows and episodes of capital flight, which have occurred mainly due to external events, out of control or influence of the domestic monetary authorities. This paper aims to measure the...

English Abstract: The long-horizon event study methodology is used to document the severe impact of the US subprime mortgage crisis on the Colombian economy. The estimated parameter of a constant mean return model is used to derive the “abnormal return” on the market portfolios of Colombia...

The Brazilian capital market has been in the last 10 years a attractive space for negotiations and opening of company’s capital. The early studies of market anomalies that are looking for evidence on reasons of understatement and overstatement at the time of the IPO in Brazil date back to...

This paper examines how regulatory interventions can affect the market risk of electricity utilities and telecom carriers traded in the Brazilian stock market. Our article uses a bivariate Generalized AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH - BEKK) model to analyze the impact of two...

Portuguese Abstract: O crescimento vigoroso da indústria de Private Equity no mundo gerou questões fundamentais, como por exemplo explicar se as empresas abertas previamente investidas por estes gestores geram retornos reais aos seus acionistas, após o evento do IPO. Pouco se analisou,...

This paper examines how regulatory interventions can affect the market risk of electricity utilities and telecom carriers traded in the Brazilian stock market. Our article uses a bivariate Generalized AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH - BEKK) model to analyze the impact of two...

Portuguese Abstract: Este estudo avalia o comportamento de carteiras formadas por ativos do mercado acionário brasileiro ordenados em função de sua volatilidade para investigar a anomalia de baixa volatilidade.Entre janeiro de 2003 e junho 2017, o portfólio de baixa volatilidade apresentou...

Portuguese Abstract: O prémio de risco (PR) é um elemento primordial tanto na determinação da rentabilidade esperada dos ativos, como na determinação do custo de capitais, aspetos tão importantes em finanças empresariais como em avaliação de empresas.O PR histórico é o mais...

The growing interest of Brazilian companies in the Argentine market has attracted the attention of the both economies on the implications and the reasons behind of this phenomenon. Recent data show a marked increased tendency flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Brazil toward the...

The main argument of this paper is that initiatives for regional cooperation - particularly related to short-term external financing: reserve sharing and trade-related payments systems - are promising avenues for policy efforts, in face of an international financial situation marked by...