over-allocated. Demand for water exceeds the available supply. Essentially, the water economy is bankrupt. Bankruptcy … of the paper is that the connection between the bankruptcy literature, which has recently also realized the importance of …

regulators. Prior research suggests that firms increase their financial leverage, and thus their probability of bankruptcy and … expected bankruptcy costs, in order to mitigate the severity of binding price ceilings. Although financial leverage can be … insurers as well as the probability of bankruptcy, the non-selection probability. …

Thousands of U.S. households filed for bankruptcy just before the bankruptcy law changed in 2005. That rush-to-file was … more pronounced, we find, in states with more generous bankruptcy exemptions and lower credit scores. We take that finding … as evidence that the new law effectively reduces exemptions, which in turn should reduce the ?demand? for bankruptcy and …

We argue that the 2005 bankruptcy abuse reform (BAR) contributed to the surge in subprime foreclosures that followed … its passage. Before BAR, distressed mortgagors could free up income by filing bankruptcy and having their unsecured debts … home equity bankruptcy exemptions; filers in low-exemption states were not very protected before BAR, so they would be less …

market competition, lending to households, and personal bankruptcy rates in the United States. We exploit the exogenous … decreased, and (3) bankruptcy rates rose. Further, we find that lending and bankruptcy rates increased more in states with …