to measure the costs and recovery rates in the Dutch liquidation-based bankruptcy system, and to investigate the …We present evidence on the efficiency of the resolution of financial distress in bankruptcy in The Netherlands. We … firms before and in the bankruptcy procedures, the details of the bankruptcy process and the outcomes. This data allows us …

This paper introduces a large-scale administrative panel data set on corporate bankruptcy in Germany that allows for an … to bankruptcy risk but confirm negative size dependence for mature plants, only. Our results corroborate hypotheses … stressing increasing capabilities and positional advantage, both predicting negative age dependence with respect to bankruptcy …

employees, we analyze plant-level employment patterns before bankruptcy, plant closure without bankruptcy, and mass layoff … bankruptcy. Our analysis of worker flows underlines that bankruptcies seem to struggle for survival while closures follow a … largest for closures without bankruptcy. …

increased worker flows. These patterns point to an intended and controlled shrinking strategy for closures without bankruptcy …