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The impact of bankruptcy reform on insolvency choice and consumer credit
Allen, Jason; Basiri, Kiana - 2016
We examine the impact of the 2009 amendments to the Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act on insolvency decisions …
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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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Insolvency after the 2005 bankruptcy reform
Albanesi, Stefania; Nosal, Jaromir - 2015
, especially, the financial cost of filing for bankruptcy. We study the effects of the reform on bankruptcy, insolvency, and …. We find that the decline in bankruptcy filings resulted in a rise in the rate and persistence of insolvency as well as an … that insolvency is associated with worse financial outcomes than bankruptcy, as insolvent individuals have less access to …
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Insights into the impact of bankruptcy's public record on entrepreneurial activity : evidence from economic experiments
Dulleck, Uwe; Howell, Nicola J.; Koessler, Ann-Kathrin; … - 2018
In this paper, I assess labor market returns of a substantial skill upgrade: college enrollment of the vocationally trained, non-traditional students who do not have the formal entry requirement. Using propensity-scoreadjusted regressions and the National Educational Panel Study, I find that...
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Seismic effects of the bankruptcy reform
Morgan, Donald P.; Iverson, Benjamin; Botsch, Matthew - 2009 - Rev.
We argue that the 2005 bankruptcy abuse reform (BAR) contributed to the surge in subprime foreclosures that followed its passage. Before BAR, over-indebted mortgagors could free up income to pay the mortgage by filing bankruptcy and having their unsecured debts discharged. BAR blocks that...
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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 …. -- Insolvenz ; Insolvenzplan ; Insolvenzverwalter ; Planinitiativrecht ; Gläubigerversammlung ; Entscheidungssituation ; Pre …-Packaged-Plan ; Eigenverwaltung ; insolvency ; bankruptcy code ; liquidation ; liquidator ; insolvency plan ; chapter 11 plan ; Pre-Packaged-Plan …
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Who invests in home equity to exempt wealth from bankruptcy?
Corradin, Stefano; Gropp, Reint; Huizinga, Harry - 2011
Homestead exemptions to personal bankruptcy allow households to retain their home equity up to a limit determined at the state level. Households that may experience bankruptcy thus have an incentive to bias their portfolios towards home equity. Using US household data from the Survey of Income...
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Personal bankcuptcy law, wealth and entrepreneurship : theory and evidence from the introduction of a "fresh start"
Fossen, Frank M. - 2011
entrepreneurship. -- Personal bankruptcy law ; insolvency ; entrepreneurship ; fresh start …
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
entrepreneurship. -- Personal bankruptcy law ; insolvency ; entrepreneurship ; fresh start …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009308943
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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 …Bei der Abwicklung schwebender Verträge in der Insolvenz gibt es ein Bewertungsproblem. Der Insolvenzverwalter hat bei …
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