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New insights in the determinants of regional variation in personal bankruptcy filing rates [PDF]

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Nonbusiness bankruptcy filing rates have increased very rapidly over the last couple of decades.  In 1980, roughly 15 of every 10,000 Americans filed for bankruptcy protection. By 2004, that number had reached 54 of every 10,000 Americans.
Kelly Edmiston
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Reframing the Treasury Debate: Industrial Strategy and State Capacity in the UK

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The Treasury has long been seen as a root cause of Britain's economic malaise, blocking much‐needed industrial intervention and embedding short‐termism. This article examines the politics of Concorde and civil nuclear power in postwar Britain to show that the Treasury was not the problem in these cases.
Tom Kelsey
wiley   +1 more source

Closeness and disappointment in Jordanian friendships Proximité et déception en amitié en Jordanie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Western folk models of friendship assume that friends like one another, implying mutually positive feelings. However, accounts of friendship from across times and places suggest that disappointment goes along with friendship as often as mutual affection.
Susan MacDougall
wiley   +1 more source

Using Options to Divide Value in Corporate Bankruptcy [PDF]

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This paper revisits the proposal to use options in corporate bankruptcy that was put forward in Bebchuk (1988). According to the proposed procedure, corporate bankruptcy should be implemented through the distribution to participants of appropriately ...
Lucian Arye Bebchuk
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Moving Toward Universalism? The Future of Long‐Term Care in the United States

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points America's long‐term care system is largely poverty‐based, requiring most older adults to spend down their assets to qualify for limited, Medicaid‐funded support, which is biased toward institutional care and plagued by bureaucratic complexity and enrollment hurdles. There are now, however, some promising changes.
PAMELA HERD
wiley   +1 more source

Entrepreneurship and the Barrier to Exit: How Does an Entrepreneur-Friendly Bankruptcy Law Affect Entrepreneurship Development at a Societal Level? [PDF]

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Does an entrepreneur-friendly bankruptcy law encourage more entrepreneurship development at a societal level? How does bankruptcy law affect entrepreneurship development around the world?
Yasuhiro Yamakawa   +2 more
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