A native of Mexico, Florencio López de Silanes is one of the world's five most cited academics on business and economics topics. A coauthor of the LLSV index, he taught at Harvard, Yale and the University of Amsterdam before moving to EDHEC Grande Ecole in France. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the Academic Board of the Fraser Institute. In 2003, the World Economic Forum’s Management Board selected him as one of the 100 young outstanding international leaders for business and society.
Articles
What Works in Securities Laws? (with Rafael La Porta and Andrei Shleifer ), Journal of Finance (2006)
We examine the effect of securities laws on stock market development in 49 countries. We...
Do Institutions Cause Growth? (with Rafael La Porta , Andrei Shleifer , and Edward Glaeser ), Journal of Economic Growth (2004)
We revisit the debate over whether political institutions cause economic growth, or whether, alternatively, growth...
Judicial Checks and Balances (with Rafael La Porta , Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Andrei Shleifer ), Journal of Political Economy (2004)
In the Anglo-American constitutional tradition, judicial checks and balances are often seen as crucial guarantees...