The evolutions of the bankruptcy law seek to reach many aims: economic safety, firms' creation and expansion in a …, and prolongation of the activity of viable firms. This contribution examines the French insolvency law and its … ability to protect creditors' interest of the bankruptcy law. We show that far from being only one means of selection thanks …

the railways with other modes of transportation. A key piece of the legislation implemented in response to this policy, is … the Railway Safety Directive. This legislation recognises that it is not just technical and procedural harmonisation that …

lower credit risk than conventional banks. In terms of insolvency risk, small Islamic banks also appear more stable …

We study the nature of judicial bias in bankruptcy proceedings following the enactment of bankruptcy law in Russia in … 1998. We find that regional political characteristics affected judicial decisions about the numbers and types of bankruptcy … procedures initiated after the law took effect. In particular, controlling for indicators of firms' insolvency and the quality of …

defaults and bankruptcy. Building on a simple model for the joint determination of the repayments of interbank claims, this …

This paper is the first result of a project aiming at understanding the history of bankruptcy law from an empirical … the impact of bankruptcy law on national economic performance cannot be deducted a priori from a simple description of the … that an empirical assessment of bankruptcy must start with a better understanding of what determines the proportions of …