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"Powell, Mylenko, Miller, and Majnoni analyze how data in public credit registries can be used both to strengthen bank supervision and to improve the quality of credit analysis by financial institutions. Empirical tests using public credit registry (PCR) data were performed in collaboration with...
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"The intensity of recent turbulence in financial markets has surprised nearly everyone. This paper searches out the root causes of the crisis, distinguishing them from scapegoating explanations that have been used in policy circles to divert attention from the underlying breakdown of incentives....
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"The authors study the effect of reorganization costs on the efficiency of bankruptcy laws. They develop a simple model that predicts that in a regime with high costs, the law fails to achieve the efficient outcome of liquidating unviable businesses and reorganizing viable ones. The authors test...
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The importance of a modern, binding and effective insolvency regime is undeniable. Nearly 90 countries around the world … of the key aspects in the reform process is the delicate balance addressed by a modern insolvency system which encourages … of insolvent companies high on the policy agenda. The three fundamental goals of any insolvency law are: 1) transparency …
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. The insolvency process in Lithuania has been almost exclusively one of liquidation, plagued by delay and procedural … obstacles. A new insolvency law was adopted in July 2001, bringing to three the number of insolvency laws currently in effect …. The process may be aided by the developing training guides and programs. Regulation of insolvency remains fragmented and …
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infrastructure, and its implementation supporting debtor-creditor relationships, corporate insolvency and credit risk management, and … resolution practices, including among others, members of the Inter-Agency Commission for the preparation of a new insolvency law …
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In 1995, Argentina enacted a new modern insolvency law that substantially improved corporate liquidations and … difficult in practice; (2) the unified insolvency regime causes severe problems in judicial interpretation of many legal … provisions, causing court congestion with insolvency cases; (3) an uneven playing field discourages rehabilitation; (4) a lack of …
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