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 …

This paper studies the optimal determination of bankruptcy exemptions for risk averse borrowers who use unsecured … sufficient to determine whether a bankruptcy exemption level is optimal, or should be increased or decreased. These variables are …' leverage, the borrowers' bankruptcy probability, and the change in bankrupt borrowers' consumption. An application of the …