This paper explores the link between the design of insolvency regimes across countries and laggard firms’ multi …-factor productivity (MFP) growth, using new OECD indicators of the design of insolvency regimes. Firm-level analysis shows that reforms to … insolvency regimes that lower barriers to corporate restructuring are associated with higher MFP growth of laggard firms. These …

which they shape aggregate productivity growth. A range of potentially relevant policies are identified, spanning insolvency … orderly exit of failing firms, the efficiency of insolvency regimes emerges as particularly crucial. Thus, the paper analyses … corporate and personal insolvency regimes in terms of their goals, optimal design (including trade-offs) and key features …

This paper explores cross-country differences in the design of insolvency regimes and their potential links with two … competitive market) and capital misallocation. New cross-country policy indicators of insolvency regimes are constructed based on … countries’ responses to a recent OECD questionnaire, which aimed to better capture the key design features of insolvency which …

This paper explores cross-country differences in the design of insolvency regimes, based on quantitative indicators … for 2010 and 2016 – aim to better capture the key design features of insolvency which impact the timely initiation and … resolution of personal and corporate insolvency proceedings. According to these metrics, the design of insolvency regimes varies …

insolvency regimes do not unduly inhibit corporate restructuring. Thus, leveraging the important complementarities between bank … strengthening efforts and insolvency regime reform would contribute to breaking the shackles on potential growth in Europe. …