This paper examines empirically the effect of the level of personal bankruptcy protection in the US on households …' demand for financial assets. A Chapter 7 bankruptcy allows protecting the home equity up to a certain limit or "exemption … investment in stocks, which are not protected in bankruptcy. Using an instrumental variable approach, I estimate a lower stock …

Discussions on personal bankruptcy regulations are usually focused on the controversial effects of leniency on society … limited to one-time legislative changes or some elements of the US personal bankruptcy system. In contrast, we create a … composite index of personal bankruptcy legislations. We calculate the composite index for 25 EU countries and the US as a …

providing an overview of consumer bankruptcy law in the US and document the relevant institutional changes over time. We proceed … implications of various bankruptcy laws? And second, what caused the rise in filings over time? We end with a discussion of open …

providing an overview of consumer bankruptcy law in the US and document the relevant institutional changes over time. We proceed … implications of various bankruptcy laws? And second, what caused the rise in filings over time? We end with a discussion of open …

Bankruptcy restructuring procedures are used in most legal systems to decide the fate of businesses facing financial … context of Croatia, which introduced a "pre-bankruptcy settlement" (PBS) process in the wake of the Great Recession of 2007 … effectively delays entry into the standard bankruptcy procedure, leads to a lower rate of survival among debtors as well as …

Bankruptcy restructuring procedures are used in most legal systems to decide the fate of businesses facing financial … context of Croatia, which introduced a "pre-bankruptcy settlement" (PBS) process in the wake of the Great Recession of 2007 … effectively delays entry into the standard bankruptcy procedure, leads to a lower rate of survival among debtors as well as re …

Bankruptcy restructuring procedures are used in most legal systems to decide the fate of businesses facing financial … context of Croatia, which introduced a "pre-bankruptcy settlement" (PBS) process in the wake of the Great Recession of 2007 … effectively delays entry into the standard bankruptcy procedure, leads to a lower rate of survival among debtors as well as re …