La Porta
Rafael La Porta
Economist of law and finance
Official Source Note
Brown University lists La Porta as the Robert and Nancy Carney Professor of Economics and Faculty Director of the J. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship. The department page identifies law and finance, finance, behavioral finance, and behavioral economics among his research interests.
La Porta is included because his empirical work on investor protection, legal origins, securities laws, and financial development shaped comparative corporate-governance research.
Relevance to the Archive
His research is foundational for studying how securities law, creditor rights, disclosure, and private enforcement affect external finance and market development.
Representative Contributions
- Law and Finance (1998)
- Investor Protection and Corporate Governance (2000)
- What Works in Securities Laws? (2006)
Works Included Here
1998
Introductory
Law and Finance
Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Andrei Shleifer, and Robert W. Vishny
Journal of Political Economy
2000
Advanced
Investor Protection and Corporate Governance
Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Andrei Shleifer, and Robert W. Vishny
Journal of Financial Economics
2006
Advanced
What Works in Securities Laws?
Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer
Journal of Finance
2008
Intermediate
The Law and Economics of Self-Dealing
Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer
Journal of Financial Economics