Corporate governance, stock market and economic growth in Brazil

Abstract

Literature points that the development of the stock market depends on the introduction of good practices of corporate governance, what in its own would make the country economic growth more dynamic. This work aims to investigate to which extent the institution of better practices of corporate governance is related to the economic growth. To reach the objective, it were performed comparative sensibilities analysis of the Index of Corporate Governance (IGC) and of the Ibovespa (Säo Paulo's Stock Exchange Index) in relation to the macroeconomic variables present in the literature that influence the most the national stock market, including one proxy of the real economic growth. In methodological terms, it was developed a quantitative descriptive research: it were estimated models in differences by the use of the Ordinary Least Squares Method (OLS) and models in quasi-differences by the use of the Feasible Generalized Least Squares Method (FGLS). By the methodology adopted there are evidences that companies who adopt better practices of corporate governance have better performances (collect more benefits) in the economic growth cycle than those companies that do not adopt them.