We provide maximum likelihood estimators of term structures of conditional probabilities of bankruptcy over relatively … dependence of the level and shape of the term structure of conditional future bankruptcy probabilities on a firm's distance to …

In this paper, we ask how bankruptcy law affects the financial decisions of corporations and its implications for firm … dynamics. According to current U.S. law, firms have two bankruptcy options: Chapter 7 liquidation and Chapter 11 reorganization … to include both bankruptcy options in a general equilibrium environment. Finally, we evaluate a bankruptcy policy change …

This paper measures the extent to which destination resort casinos export bankruptcy back to visitors' home states … local bankruptcy. Using various survey data, we calculate the number of visits from each state to casino resort destinations …-of-state casino resorts have higher bankruptcy filings. This effect is dominant in the south, suggesting that casinos located in …

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 …

entrepreneurship. Specifically, we investigate whether marginal income tax rates and bankruptcy exemptions influence rates of …-shaped relationship between bankruptcy exemptions and entrepreneurship. …

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 paper estimates the dynamics of the personal-bankruptcy rate over the business cycle by exploiting large cross …-state variation in recessions and bankruptcies. We find that bankruptcy rates are significantly higher than normal during a recession … and rise as a recession persists. After a recession ends, there is a hangover whereby bankruptcy rates begin to fall but …