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The Failure of Northern Rock: A multi-dimensional Case Study
Congdon, Tim; Goodhart, Charles A.E.; Eisenbeis, Robert A. - 2009
In August 2007 the United Kingdom experienced its first bank run in over 140 years. Although Northern Rock was not a particularly large bank (it was at the time ranked 7th in terms of assets) it was nevertheless a significant retail bank and a substantial mortgage lender. In fact, ten years...
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Probleme des Insolvenzplanverfahrens
Henselmann, Klaus; Gutbier, Manuel - 2010
The paper analyses options in case of insolvency. Although insolvency plans empirically are very successful, they are …
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Reconciling the European registered capital regime with a modern corporate reorganization law: Experience from the Czech insolvency law reform
Richter, Tomáš - 2009
-liquidation insolvency proceedings, usually referred to as reorganization. Using the ECJ case law on the Directive, I conclude that although … capital do not present an insurmountable hurdle to the adoption of rational corporate insolvency law. As a side note, I also …
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Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence from the Introduction of a "Fresh Start"
Fossen, Frank M. - 2011
A personal bankruptcy law that allows for a "fresh start" after bankruptcy reduces the individual risk involved in entrepreneurial activity. On the other hand, as risk shifts to creditors who recover less of their credit after a debtor's bankruptcy, lenders may charge higher interest rates or...
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Die Nutzung insolvenzrechtlicher Sanierungswege durch kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Das Beispiel der Eigenverwaltung
Kranzusch, Peter; Icks, Annette - 2018
Sanierungswege, z. B. das eigenverwaltete Schutzschirmverfahren vor der Insolvenz und die Eigenverwaltung während des …With the introduction of the ESUG law, German insolvency legislation was reformed in 2012. It offers new proceedings … for enterprise re-organisation, both before insolvency and between the application for insolvency and the start of the …
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Special Purpose Vehicles and Insolvency Reforms in the Philippines
Pasadilla, Gloria O. - 2005
This paper focuses on the legal environment, particularly the insolvency system, that would influence the success of … have to operate under a given insolvency regime after they acquire the bad assets, existing bankruptcy procedures have an …
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Two New Measures of Bankruptcy Efficiency
Brogi, Ricardo; Santella, Paolo - 2004
This study is aimed at developing new empirical models for evaluating the efficiency of bankruptcy legislations. The paper is divided in three parts. In the first part, we analyze from a conceptual point of view the effects on debtor firms of the lack of creditors' powers in bankruptcy. In the...
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Is Attack the Best form of Defence? A Competing Risks Analysis of Acquisition Activity in the UK
Dickerson, Andrew P.; Gibson, Heather D.; Tsakalotos, Euclid - 1999
The primary purpose of this paper is to investigate whether companies can use acquisition as a strategy to reduce their probability of takeover. A subsidiary issue is whether such a strategy has any impact on their subsequent probability of bankruptcy. The determinants of making an acquisition,...
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Success and Failure in Equity Crowdfunding
Hornuf, Lars; Schmitt, Matthias - In: CESifo DICE Report 14 (2016) 2, pp. 16-22
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Toward good practice: A review of money advice services and debt management systems in Ireland, the United Kingdom, France and Germany
Stamp, Stuart - 2023
Over-indebtedness, defined as the inability for a household to meet both essential living expenses and debt repayments, continues to be a significant phenomenon throughout Europe. The problem plays out differently in various countries depending on the relevant credit market, culture around...
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