Publication Type

Working Paper

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

6-2019

Abstract

This paper seeks to provide some policy recommendations for the improvement and modernization of corporate law in Ecuador. These proposals have been based on the international literature and the particular features of Ecuador (that is, a country with many micro and small companies, state-owned enterprises, underdeveloped capital markets, unsophisticated courts, among other aspects). Secondly, since the legal, economic and institutional features of Ecuador can be found in other Latin American countries, this paper also seeks to be helpful to other countries in the region planning to reform their corporate laws. Finally, this paper seeks to contribute to the improvement and internationalization of the academic and policy debate in Ibero-America, with the ultimate purpose of advocating for legal and institutional reforms that can promote entrepreneurship, innovation, access to finance, and economic growth.

Keywords

corporate law, corporate governance, controlling shareholders, SOEs, judiciary, capital markets, tunneling, related party transactions, access to finance, economic growth, Ecuador

Discipline

Business Organizations Law | Commercial Law

Research Areas

Corporate, Finance and Securities Law

First Page

1

Last Page

75

Identifier

10.2139/ssrn.3383861

Publisher

Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance, Working Paper 2/2019

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3383861

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