"By compiling a novel dataset from bankruptcy court dockets recorded in Delaware between 2001 and 2002, we build and … estimate a structural model of Chapter 13 bankruptcy. This allows us to quantify how key debtor characteristics, including … whether they are experiencing bankruptcy for the first time, their past due secured debt at the time of filing, and income in …

We build a structural model of Chapter 13 bankruptcy that captures salient features of personal bankruptcy under … Chapter 13. We estimate our model using a novel data set that we construct from bankruptcy court dockets recorded in Delaware … 13 outcomes under the restrictions imposed by the bankruptcy law. We use the estimated model to conduct policy …