Browsing Documentos Indexados pela Web of Science by Author "Black, Bernard S."

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    • Corporate governance in Brazil 

      Black, Bernard S.; Carvalho, Antonio Gledson de; Gorga, Érica Cristina Rocha
      2010-03
      We examine the corporate governance practices of Brazilian public companies. We identify areas where their governance is relatively strong and weak. Many firms have small boards, comprised entirely or almost entirely of ...

    • The evolution of corporate governance in Brazil 

      Black, Bernard S.; Carvalho, Antonio Gledson de; Sampaio, Joelson Oliveira
      2014-09
      We use extensive hand collected surveys reporting governance practices of Brazilian firms in 2004, 2006, and 2009 to build a broad corporate governance index and analyze the evolution of corporate governance in Brazil and ...

    • Methods for multicountry studies of corporate governance: evidence from the BRIKT countries 

      Black, Bernard S.; Carvalho, Antonio Gledson de; Khanna, Vikramaditya; Kim, Woochan; Yurtoglu, Burcin
      2014-12
      We discuss empirical challenges in multicountry studies of the effects of firm-level corporate governance on firm value, focusing on emerging markets. We assess the severe data, 'construct validity', and endogeneity issues ...

    • What matters and for which firms for corporate governance in emerging markets? Evidence from Brazil (and other BRIK countries) 

      Black, Bernard S.; Carvalho, Antonio Gledson de; Gorga, Érica Cristina Rocha
      2012-09
      A central issue in corporate governance research is the extent to which 'good' governance practices are universal (one size mostly fits all) or instead depend on country and firm characteristics. We report evidence that ...