We investigate the determinants of the capital structure of Brazilian companies between 2000 and 2009. We use a quantile regression model and compare its results with the ones provided by conventional models (least squares and fixed effects). We show that the effects of the capital structure...

This work examines the determinants of the capital structure of Brazilian companies between the years 2000 and 2009. Based on quantile regression model and on the comparison with conventional models (least squares and fixed effects), the work provides better understanding of capital structure to...

We investigate the determinants of the capital structure of Brazilian companies between 2000 and 2009. We use a quantile regression model and compare its results with the ones provided by conventional models (least squares and fixed effects). We show that the effects of the capital structure...

This paper investigates the effects of limiting the evaluation period in a typical experiment to measure myopic loss aversion (MLA). We corroborate previous results and found that the aggregation effect had diminishing returns. This indicates that there is a point where limiting investor access...

This paper investigates the effects of limiting the evaluation period in a typical experiment to measure myopic loss aversion (MLA). We corroborate previous results and found that the aggregation effect had diminishing returns. This indicates that there is a point where limiting investor access...

The study evaluates the Constitutional Financing Fund for the Center-West (FCO) in the state of Goiás between the years 2004 and 2011, using Rais microdata, and loans from the FCO "Empresarial" Program. The results show a positive and statistically significant impact of the FCO on employment...

This article seeks to measure the effect of bullying in math scores of students in the 6th grade of public (Nansel et al., 2001). school in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil with the use of data from a survey by Joaquim Nabuco Foundation in 2013. The methodology applied is Propensity Score...