We analyze an exchange economy of unsecured credit where borrowers have the option to declare bankruptcy in which case …

This paper estimates the dynamics of the personal-bankruptcy rate over the business cycle by exploiting large cross …-state variation in recessions and bankruptcies. We find that bankruptcy rates are significantly higher than normal during a recession … and rise as a recession persists. After a recession ends, there is a hangover whereby bankruptcy rates begin to fall but …

This paper measures the extent to which destination resort casinos export bankruptcy back to visitors' home states … local bankruptcy. Using various survey data, we calculate the number of visits from each state to casino resort destinations …-of-state casino resorts have higher bankruptcy filings. This effect is dominant in the south, suggesting that casinos located in …

entrepreneurship. Specifically, we investigate whether marginal income tax rates and bankruptcy exemptions influence rates of …-shaped relationship between bankruptcy exemptions and entrepreneurship. …