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Strategic default and bankruptcy law
We compare the influence of bankruptcy law on the risk of default and the rate of liquidation by banks. We show that it depends on whether it is pro-creditors or pro-debtors oriented, and on the intensity of competition between banks.
Chopard, Bertrand, Langlais, Eric
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BANKRUPTCY SYSTEMS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ACROSS CONTRIES: SOME EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE [PDF]
This paper examines the relationship between the insolvency systems and the investment share of GDP across countries. The objective is to find out the relationship between bankruptcy procedures and economic performances around the world.
Marianna Succurro
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‘A Sort of Armed Argument’: Ireland's Civil War of Words
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article sets out to contribute to the study of the languages of European civil wars through outlining and analysing the deployment of language as a weapon by the opposing sides of the Irish independence movement that split over the terms of the Anglo‐Irish Treaty of December 1921.
DONAL Ó DRISCEOIL
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Analysis Of The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention And Consumer Protection Act Of 2005 (BAPCPA)
, 2006 The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) was signed into law on April 20, 2005. The new legislation is the largest overhaul of the bankruptcy system since its enactment in 1978.
Ruser, Rachel
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History, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the pro‐Montenegrin political campaigns of Alexander Devine, a schoolmaster and journalist who became Montenegro's leading British advocate following its incorporation into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes after the First World War.
ROSS CAMERON
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Mortgage Default, Foreclosure, and Bankruptcy [PDF]
In this paper we examine the relationship between homeowners’ bankruptcy decisions and their mortgage default decisions and the relationship between homeowners’ bankruptcy decisions and lenders’ decisions to foreclose. In theory, both relationships could
Wenli Li, Michelle J. White
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Personal-bankruptcy cycles [PDF]
This paper estimates the dynamics of the personal-bankruptcy rate over the business cycle by exploiting large cross-state variation. We find that bankruptcy rates are significantly higher than normal during a recession and rise as a recession persists ...
Wall, Howard J., Garrett, Thomas A.
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early‐stage companies, pursuing aggressive growth and market domination. Since the 2008 financial crisis, VCs have poured huge sums into real estate start‐ups.
Tim White
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Bankruptcy Law and Corporate Investment Decisions
This paper contributes to the debate on optimal bankruptcy reform by providing a set of results that challenge the wisdom that "soft" bankruptcy codes have necessarily positive effects.
Tarantino, E.T.
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Building Legal Indexes to explain Recovery Rates: An Analysis of the French and UK Bankruptcy Codes [PDF]
The main aim of this paper is to find the legal characteristics that impact on the recovery rates. Previous studies (LLSV, Doing Business Report, World Bank) have usefully used a set of legal indexes to rank the bankruptcy law prevalent within the ...
Nirjhar Nigam, Régis Blazy
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