Érica Gorga

Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law

Visiting Associate Research Scholar in Law and John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Executive Director

127 Wall Street

New Haven, CT 06511

United States

http://www.law.yale.edu/faculty/EGorga.htm

São Paulo Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV DIREITO SP

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R. Rocha, 233, Bela Vista

São Paulo, 01330-000

Brazil

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The Corporate Governance of Privately Controlled Brazilian Firms

as published in Revista Brasileira de Finanças, Vol. 7, 2009, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 109, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-014, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 206/2008
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2019
Bernard S. Black, Antonio Gledson De Carvalho and Érica Gorga
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Fundacao Getulio Vargas School of Business at Sao Paulo and Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law
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Brazil, corporate governance, boards of directors, minority shareholders

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Does Culture Matter for Corporate Governance? A Case Study of Brazil

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 23 May 2003
Érica Gorga
Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law
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What Matters and for Which Firms for Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets? Evidence from Brazil (and Other BRIK Countries)

nearly final version, published in 18 Journal of Corporate Finance 934-952 (2012), European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 306/2011, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-20, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 152
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 May 2011 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2018
Bernard S. Black, Antonio Gledson De Carvalho and Érica Gorga
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Fundacao Getulio Vargas School of Business at Sao Paulo and Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law
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Changing the Paradigm of Stock Ownership: From Concentrated Towards Dispersed Ownership? Evidence from Brazil and Consequences for Emerging Countries

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Changing the Paradigm of Stock Ownership: From Concentrated Towards Dispersed Ownership? Evidence from Brazil and Consequences for Emerging Countries

3rd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Papers
Number of pages: 105 Posted: 11 Sep 2008
Érica Gorga
Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law
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corporate governance in emerging countries, Brazil, private rule-making, special listing rules, ownership change, shareholders agreements, poison pills

Changing the Paradigm of Stock Ownership from Concentrated Towards Dispersed Ownership? Evidence from Brazil and Consequences for Emerging Countries

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business, Vol. 29, 2009
Number of pages: 117 Posted: 10 Oct 2010
Érica Gorga
Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law
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Corporate Governance in Brazil

nearly final version, published in Emerging Markets Review, Vol. 12, 2010, ECGI - Finance Working Paper Series, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper , McCombs Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2013
Bernard S. Black, Antonio Gledson De Carvalho and Érica Gorga
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Fundacao Getulio Vargas School of Business at Sao Paulo and Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law
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Brazil, corporate governance, boards of directors, minority shareholders

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The Corporate Governance of Privately Controlled Brazilian Firms (A Governança Corporativa Das Empresas Brasileiras Com Controle Privado Nacional)

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-014, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 206/2008, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-19, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 109
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Dec 2009
Bernard S. Black, Antonio Gledson De Carvalho and Érica Gorga
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Fundacao Getulio Vargas School of Business at Sao Paulo and Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law
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Brazil, corporate governance, boards of directors, minority shareholders

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Culture and Corporate Law Reform: A Case Study of Brazil

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2006
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 21 Jul 2007
Érica Gorga
Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law
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culture, Brazilian corporate governance, Brazilian capital markets, public choice, corporate law reform

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Knowledge Inputs, Legal Institutions and Firm Structure: Towards a Knowledge Based Theory of the Firm

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 101, No. 3, 2007, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 085
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 23 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2013
Érica Gorga and Michael Halberstam
Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law and The Chandra Law Firm
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knowledge, corporate organization, theory of the firm, internal corporate governance

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Litigation Discovery and Corporate Governance: The Missing Story About the 'Genius of American Corporate Law'

Emory Law Journal, vol. 63, pp. 1383-1498, 2014, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 501
Number of pages: 116 Posted: 26 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2014
Érica Gorga and Michael Halberstam
Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law and The Chandra Law Firm
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corporate litigation, shareholder litigation, corporate governance, corporate law, securities law, civil procedure, fiduciary duty, discovery, law and economics, financial markets development, comparative corporate law

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The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Nonfinancial Firms: The Case of Brazilian Corporations and the 'Double Circularity' Problem in Transnational Securities Litigation

Theoretical Inquiries in Law, vol. 16.1, pp. 131-181, 2015, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 518
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2015
Érica Gorga
Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law
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transnational securities litigation, securities fraud, cross-listing, cross-listed companies, financial crisis, securities regulation, comparative securities law, private enforcement, international capital markets, internacional corporate governance, Brazil, Brazilian capital markets

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Corporate Control & Governance after a Decade from 'Novo Mercado': Changes in Ownership Structures and Shareholder Power in Brazil

Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 502
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2014
Érica Gorga
Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law
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corporate ownership, shareholder power, corporate control, shareholder agreements, shareholder coalitions, corporate governance, special listing segments, financial crisis, Novo Mercado

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Is the U.S. Law Enforcement Stronger than that of a Developing Country? The Case of Securities Fraud by Brazilian Corporations and Lessons for the Private and Public Enforcement Debate

Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 520
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 06 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2015
Érica Gorga
Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law
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private enforcement, public enforcement, securities fraud, securities litigation, cross-listing, cross-listed firms, foreign firms, comparative securities law, comparative corporate law, corporate governance, international corporate governance, shareholder recovery, financial crisis, Brazil

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Challenges in Global Financial Services

Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 486
Number of pages: 142 Posted: 25 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2014
Érica Gorga, Roberta Romano and Natalya Shnitser
Yale University - Center for the Study of Corporate Law, Yale Law School and Boston College - Law School
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