, especially, the financial cost of filing for bankruptcy. We study the effects of the reform on bankruptcy, insolvency, and …. We find that the decline in bankruptcy filings resulted in a rise in the rate and persistence of insolvency as well as an … that insolvency is associated with worse financial outcomes than bankruptcy, as insolvent individuals have less access to …

driving asset prices to ‘overshoot’ equilibrium when an asset bubble bursts - threatening widespread insolvency and what …

under limited liability should be characterized by higher than average insolvency and employment growth rates. We test these … characterized by higher growth and higher insolvency rates than comparable firms under full liability. Surprisingly, the likelihood … liquidation, while the propensity to insolvency is not affected by the owner’s age. The basic empirical results hold in pooled …

We propose that an active takeover market provides incentives by offering acquisition opportunities to successful … performance-based pay are non-monotonic in the intensity of the takeover threat. In firms with weak boards, turnover (performance …-based pay) increases (decreases) with the intensity of the takeover threat. When choosing its acquisition policy and the quality …

Spain's financial position during the late 19th and early 20th century has usually been presented as one of persistent …

institutional and macroeconomic features as the ultimate explanations of Spain's post-war growth performance. The following main … relative stagnation of the transition from Franco's dictatorship to democracy (1975-85), which ended with Spain's membership of …

financial market. Banking in Spain has undergone a strong liberalization process in the last fifteen years, which has …