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Business closure and financial loss : who foots the bill? ; evidence from German small business closures
Metzger, Georg - 2010
assess financial prospects. -- Bankruptcy ; business closure ; financial loss …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961536
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Determinants of acquisition and failure : stylized facts and lessons for empirical studies
Köke, F. Jens - 2001
This study provides new stylized facts on the determinants of corporate failure and acquisition in Germany. It also offers important lessons for the design of empirical studies. We show that firms experiencing failure or acquisition are significantly different from surviving firms on a number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446202
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The real effects of bank distress : evidence from bank bailouts in Germany
Bersch, Johannes; Degryse, Hans; Kick, Thomas; Stein, Ingrid - 2019
How does bank distress impact their customers' probability of default and trade credit availability? We address this question by looking at a unique sample of German firms from 2000 to 2011. We follow their firm-bank relationships through times of distress and crisis, featuring the different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012108717
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International similarities of bank lending practices and varieties of insolvency laws : a comparative analysis of France and Germany
Größl, Ingrid; Levratto, Nadine - 2012
Economic theory conjectures complementarities between the ranking of creditors in formal insolvency proceedings and the use of collateral in bank loan contracts as well as the exist-ence of relational compared to arm's length lending. In this paper we seek evidence for the-se hypotheses taking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010425216
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Better winding up : a proposal for improved winding up of executory contracts
Dilger, Alexander - 2015
An evaluation problem exists when winding up executory contracts in case of insolvency. The trustee has difficulties in accurately considering the claim for damages that arises if he chooses to reject a contract instead of accepting it. An unequal treatment of creditors and inefficiencies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010526693
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How important is moral hazard for distressed banks?
Ben-David, Itzhak; Palvia, Ajay; Stulz, René M. - 2020
The moral hazard incentives of the bank safety net predict that distressed banks take on more risk and higher leverage. Since many factors reduce these incentives, including charter value, regulation, and managerial incentives, the net economic effect of these incentives is an empirical...
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The survival of the German FinTech market : an accounting-based valuation
Stuckenborg, Leonard; Leker, Jens - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 21 (2019) 1, pp. 57-92
The purpose of this paper is to examine the essential characteristics of the financial statements of FinTech start-ups and to investigate which figures of balance sheets are suitable indicators of failure for this still rising group of start-ups. We conduct a quantitative analysis of 595 annual...
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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 … forgiving personal bankruptcy law are less relevant for wealthy potential. - entrepreneurs who still risk losing their wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826701
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Personal bankcuptcy 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 … forgiving personal bankruptcy law are less relevant for wealthy potential entrepreneurs who still risk losing their wealth, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008042
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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 … forgiving personal bankruptcy law are less relevant for wealthy potential entrepreneurs who still risk losing their wealth, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009126032