avoids bankruptcy in the long run. It is not time-consistent. …

repayment obligations and thus the risk of bankruptcy. If the risk of bankruptcy enters the profit maximization of the firm, the … cover a period of 12 years. The empirical results confirm the assumption that the risk of bankruptcy is an important … decisions of enterprises, or whether bankruptcy probabilities better account for these potential financial risks. …

We are the first to examine whether exogenous shocks cause personal bankruptcy through the balance sheet channel and … payments on 200,000 Canadian bankruptcy filings. We find support for the balance sheet channel, in that receipt of the … exogenous cash increases the net balance sheet benefits of bankruptcy (unsecured debt discharged minus liquidated assets forgone …

We are the first to show that the cost of personal bankruptcy filers traveling to their bankruptcy trustees affects … bankruptcy choices. We use detailed balance sheet, income statement, and location data from 400,000 Canadian bankruptcies. To … bankruptcy trustees (while filers interact with trustees, and trustees interact with local government, filers do not interact …

repayment obligations and thus the risk of bankruptcy. If the risk of bankruptcy enters the profit maximization of the firm, the … cover a period of 12 years. The empirical results confirm the assumption that the risk of bankruptcy is an important … decisions of enterprises, or whether bankruptcy probabilities better account for these potential financial risks. …