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Mariana Pargendler

Mariana Pargendler is full professor of law and director of the Center for Law, Economics, and Governance at Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School in São Paulo (FGV Direito SP).
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Taking on Corporate Power Requires Deprogramming Corporate Law

Mariana Pargendler
The current law and economics framework of corporate law rests on four theoretical underpinnings that restrict students’ and regulators’ understanding of the stakes of corporate law. In new research, Mariana Pargendler argues that creating corporate laws that are more attuned to social welfare will require deprogramming its dominant framework.
Antitrust and Competition

Family Ties and the Boundaries of the Firm in Antitrust Enforcement

Mariana Pargendler
In new research, Mariana Pargendler, Maria Luiza Mesquita, and Lucas Víspico study how antitrust authorities in the Global South have used family ties to define business enterprises and analyze mergers and acquisitions for possibly anticompetitive behavior.

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