Center for Research in Financial Economics of the University of São Paulo

NEFIN is the Brazilian Center for Research in Financial Economics of the University of São Paulo. The Center was created by researchers of the Department of Economics.

Our area of research is Financial Economics: asset pricing, derivative pricing, corporate finance, risk management and portfolio allocation.

We make available for free download data sets and variables that are typically used by academics and practitioners, such as Brazilian risk factors and stock portfolios. The data are updated on a regular basis.

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Does Private Means Better? A Water and Sanitation Quasi-Experimental Design

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
Arthur Dassan, Joelson Oliveira Sampaio, Vinícius AB Silva, Rodrigo De-Losso
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Short-selling, the supply side: Are lenders price makers?

Leading Article in The Brazilian Review of Finance
Daniel de Sales Casula, Rodrigo De-Losso
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No-arbitrage matrices of exchange rates: Some characterizations

International Journal of Economic Theory
Wilfredo L. Maldonado, Juan José Egozcue, Vera Pawlowsky-Glahn
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Unskilled fund managers: Replicating active fund performance with few ETFs

International Review of Financial Analysis
CAVALCANTE FILHO, E., DE-LOSSO, R. and MOREIRA, F.
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Long-term stock returns in Brazil: Volatile equity returns for U.S.-like investors

International Journal of Finance & Economics
ARAÚJO, EURILTON ; BRITO, Ricardo ; SANVICENTE, ANTONIO Z.
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Price Transparency in OTC Equity Lending Markets: Evidence From a Loan Fee Benchmark

Journal of Financial Economics
CEREDA, F., CHAGUE, F., DE-LOSSO, R., GENARO, A. and GIOVANNETTI, B.
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Which Factors Matter to Investors? Evidence from Brazilian Mutual Funds

Revista Brasileira de Gestão de Negócios
CAVALCANTE FILHO, E., DE-LOSSO, R. and SANTOS, J.
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An international reserves variation threshold to increase loan funding

International Economics and Economic Policy
Wilfredo L. Maldonado, Jorge Guillén & Jussara Ribeiro
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