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International Cooperation in Cross-Border -Insolvency Cases according to the Jordanian Law: A Comparative Study

open access: yesدراسات: علوم الشريعة والقانون, 2020
The study subject matter deals with the latest rules in the Jordanian Insolvency Law for the year 2018 concerning the international cooperation among the national and foreign courts of law in cross-border cases through admission of foreign insolvency ...
Ibrahim Al-Arnaout
doaj  

Bank insolvencies : cross-country experience [PDF]

open access: yes
Few areas of the world have escaped significant losses from episodes of bank insolvency. Bank insolvency is more costly in the developing world, where losses represent a greater share of income.
Caprio, Gerard Jr., Klingebiel, Daniela
core  

Social Security: What Would Happen If the Trust Funds Ran Out? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
[Excerpt] Each year when the Social Security trustees release their annual report, attention is focused on the projection of the year that the Social Security trust funds will become insolvent.
Meyerson, Noah P
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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

INSOLVENCY VERSUS BANKRUPTCY: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE PROCEDURE [PDF]

open access: yesChallenges of the Knowledge Society, 2013
The analysis of the development of the phenomenon in Romania has the role to highlight the trend that has been followed by the number of organisational entities that have been affected by the insolvency phenomenon in Romania, the distribution by counties
PAULINA DINA
doaj  

Grotius and Insolvency

open access: yesGrotiana, 2023
Abstract This article considers Hugo Grotius’s ideas on a specific topic of commercial law, analysing his position and potential contributions to early modern Dutch insolvency legislation. It might be questioned how ‘Hollandic’ Grotius’s interpretations of legal solutions for insolvency as presented in the Inleidinge tot de Hollandsche Rechts ...
openaire   +1 more source

Reforming The Governance Of Corporate Rescue: The Enterprise Act 2002 [PDF]

open access: yes
English corporate insolvency law has been reshaped by the Enterprise Act 2002. The Act was intended to ‘to facilitate company rescue and to produce better returns for creditors as a whole’.
John Armour, Rizwaan Jameel Mokal
core  

Directors\u27 Duties in Failing Firms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Despite many cases with seemingly contrary dicta, corporate directors of failing firms do not have special duties to creditors. This follows from the nature of fiduciary duties and the business judgment rule.
Alces, Kelli A., Ribstein, Larry E.
core   +2 more sources

Hedging Brevity Risk with Mortality-based Securities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In 2003, Swiss Re introduced a mortality-based security designed to hedge excessive mortality changes for its life book of business. The concern was apparently brevity risk, i.e., the risk of premature death.
MacMinn, Richard, Richter, Andreas
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Credit Market Frictions and Bankruptcy Law Design—Implications for Korea*

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Bankruptcy law design has important implications for financial markets and economic growth. As bankruptcy law design interacts with local economic and political conditions, it is important to consider these factors when designing optimal bankruptcy law.
David Schoenherr
wiley   +1 more source

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