Mariana Mota Prado

University of Toronto - Faculty of Law

Assistant Professor

78 and 84 Queen's Park

Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C5

Canada

http://www.law.utoronto.ca/faculty/prado

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1.

What is Law and Development?

Revista Argentina de Teoria Juridica, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Aug 2011
Mariana Mota Prado
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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Law and Development

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Institutional Bypass: An Alternative for Development Reform

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Mariana Mota Prado
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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development, institutional reforms, institutional bypass

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Path Dependence, Development, and the Dynamics of Institutional Reform

University of Toronto Law Journal, 2009, U Toronto, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-04
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 Jun 2009
Mariana Mota Prado and Michael J. Trebilcock
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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Institutional theories, path dependence, rule of law, property rights, and development reforms

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The Challenges and Risks of Creating Independent Regulatory Agencies: A Cautionary Tale from Brazil

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 02 May 2007 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2010
Mariana Mota Prado
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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Brazil, independent regulatory agencies (IRAs), privatization, regulatory agencies

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Mapping Corruption & its Institutional Determinants in Brazil

IRIBA Working Paper: 08
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Sep 2014
Lindsey D. Carson and Mariana Mota Prado
Arnold & Porter, LLP and University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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corruption, Brazil, institutional multiplicity, accountability mechanisms, institutions

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Brazilian Anti-Corruption Legislation and Its Enforcement: Potential Lessons for Institutional Design

IRIBA Working Paper: 09
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2014
Mariana Mota Prado and Lindsey D. Carson
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and Arnold & Porter, LLP
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corruption, Brazil; institutional multiplicity, accountability mechanisms, institutions

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Presidential Dominance from a Comparative Perspective: The Relationship between the Executive Branch and Regulatory Agencies in Brazil

COMPARATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, S. Rose-Ackerman, P. Lindseth eds., Edward Elgar, 2010
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Oct 2010
Mariana Mota Prado
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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legal transplants, congressional dominance, presidential dominance, independent regulatory agency, principle-agent theory, IRA

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Should We Adopt a ‘What Works’ Approach in Law and Development?

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 104, 2009
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Oct 2010
Mariana Mota Prado
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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law and development, institutional reforms

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The Brazilian Clean Company Act: Using Institutional Multiplicity for Effective Punishment

Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper No. 48/2015
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 15 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2016
Mariana Mota Prado, Lindsey D. Carson and Izabela Correa
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law, Arnold & Porter, LLP and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Brazilian law, corruption law, anti-corruption, public law, institutional multiplicity

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Using Institutional Multiplicity to Address Corruption as a Collective Action Problem: Lessons from the Brazilian Case

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 62, 2016
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 16 Dec 2016
Lindsey D. Carson and Mariana Mota Prado
Arnold & Porter, LLP and University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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Brazil; Institutions; Corruption; Collective action

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Regulatory Choices in the Privatization of Infrastructure

PRIVATE SECURITY AND PUBLIC ORDER: GOVERNANCE AND LIMITS, S. Chesterman, A. Fischer, eds., Oxford University Press, 2009
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2010
Mariana Mota Prado
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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What Did International Anticorruption Institutions Learn From Operation Car Wash?

NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 25-03
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2025
Kevin E. Davis, Raquel Pimenta, Mariana Mota Prado and Marta Machado
New York University School of Law, São Paulo Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV DIREITO SP, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law (Sao Paulo)
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Finance, State-Owned Enterprises and Development: A Comparative Study of Pawnshops in Brazil, Mexico and Taiwan

Susan Rose-Ackerman (ed), Public Sector Performance, Corruption and State Capture in a Globalized World (Routledge, 2024)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 26 Jun 2024
Weitseng Chen and Mariana Mota Prado
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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pawnshops, microcredit, state-owned enterprises, state-linked enterprises, Brazil, Mexico, Taiwan, access to credit, economic development, financial sector, banking, fringe banking.

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Institutional Dimensions of Gender Equality: The Maria da Penha Case

In: Rebecca J. Cook, ed., Frontiers of Gender Equality: Transnational Legal Perspectives, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023
Posted: 26 Sep 2023
Marta Machado and Mariana Mota Prado
Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law (Sao Paulo) and University of Toronto - Faculty of Law

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gender equality, Brazil, institutions, law, gender violence, violence against women, criminal law, family law,