Bankruptcy is the legal process whereby financially distressed firms, individuals, and occasionally governments resolve … their debts. The bankruptcy process for firms plays a central role in economics, because competition drives inefficient … corporate bankruptcy is to reduce the cost of default by having a government-sponsored procedure that resolves all debts …

Auto lenders were perhaps the biggest winners of the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform. Cars depreciate quickly, so borrowers … to the market value of the car through a "cramdown" in Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The Reform prohibited cramdowns during the … eliminating cramdowns affected only one of the two types of consumer bankruptcy: Chapter 13. They exploit persistent historical …

. Following bankruptcy reform, wealthier households under 50 reduced their arrears between 2004 and 2007. During the sub …

When a new act on bankruptcy law entered into force on 1 January 2016, it introduced changes in the scope of personal … bankruptcy. The article points to the economic aspects of legal solutions provided for in the new regulation for indebted natural … persons, significant on a micro and macro scale. At the same time, it points to the problems in the personal bankruptcy …