This research investigates how the legal sanctions prevailing under bankruptcy code impact on the design of debt … actively trades off between private renegotiation and costly bankruptcy procedure. Besides, the debtor’s investment policy … investment project (economic efficiency) and bankruptcy costs are avoided through private renegotiation (legal efficiency): this …

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 …

Bankruptcy is an interesting object of research, being habitually perceived as a shocking and scandalous event … in general) extensively compares its characteristics with the existing members. Since Croatian bankruptcy law is for the … especially interesting for Croatian bankruptcy researchers. Even though being a part of the EU, the United Kingdom’s Anglo …

contract driven bankruptcy system to the court driven system, and their implications for failed VC funded firms. This paper … put into the bankruptcy system for liquidation/ reorganization because the realized value from the small firms often do … not cover the cost of the bankruptcy process. Consequently, it is difficult to ascertain the impact of corporate …

influence on firms' bankruptcy decisions through the channel of covenants in debt contracts. …

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. …

This research investigates how bankruptcy law influences the design of debt contracts and the investments choices. We … bankruptcy only. This way of resolving financial distress can be avoided yet, if a private agreement is achieved. First, – when … sanctions are high – we show costly bankruptcy may be preferred by honest firms over private negotiation: thus, costly …

Literature on ex-ante efficiency of bankruptcy procedures investigates how these procedures influence the behavior of … managers and creditors. We extend this literature by explaining how bankruptcy law can influence the design of debt contracts …