The following comparative bankruptcy-related papers, arranged by abstract ID number, can be downloaded from the Social Science Research Network:

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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Robert A. Eisenbeis: "Home Country versus Cross-Border Negative Externalities in Large Banking Organization Failure and How to Avoid Them" (Abstract ID: 947093)

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Univ. of Verona’s Andrea Gamba, Mamen Aranda, and Danielle Poiega: "Investment and Credit Risk: A Structural Approach" (Abstract ID: 945968)

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Politécnico Grancolombiano’s Ignacio Velez-Parerja and Univ. of the Andes’s Patricia Rojas: "Some Evidence on Financial Distress Costs and Their Effect on Cash Flows" (Abstract ID: 939731)

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Cornell University’s Robert T. Masson, Yale School of Management’s Heather Tookes, and Samsung’s Yaejong Um: "Firm Diversification and Equilibrium Risk Pooling: The Korean Financial Crisis as a Natural Experiment." (Abstract ID: 938274)

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Clifford Chance LLP’s Tomas Richter: "Two (Further) Possible Explanations of the Secured Debt Puzzle: A Note." (Abstract ID: 929692)

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Boston University School of Law’s Richard Thompson Ainsworth: "A Comparative Assessment of EU, UK, French, Australian and Japanese Responses to Auditor Independence: The Case of Non-Audit Tax Services." (Abstract ID: 928621)

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Catholic University of Louvain’s Juan D. Moreno-Ternero: "Proportionality and Non-Manipulability in Bankruptcy Problems." (Abstract ID: 927763)

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Politechnico Grancolombiano’s Ignacio Velez-Pareja and Univ. of Andes’ Patricia Rojas: "Some Evidence of Financial Distress Costs (Alguna Evidencia sobre los Costos de Dificultadas Financieras)." (Abstract ID: 927328)

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University of Münster’s Alexander Dilger: "Forced to Make Mistakes: Reasons for Complaining about Bebchuk’s Scheme and Other Market-Oriented Insolvency Procedures." (Abstract ID: 926086)

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Catholic University of Leuven’s Nico Dewaelheyns: "Corporate Failure Prediction Modeling: Distorted by Business Groups’ Internal Capital Markets?" (Abstract ID: 924033) 

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World Bank’s Xavier Gine and Inessa Love: "Do reorganization costs matter for efficiency?  Evidence from a bankruptcy reform in Colombia." (Abstract ID: 923277)

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Max Planck School of Economics’s Eva-Maria Steiger: "Ex-Ante vs. Ex-Post Efficiency in Personal Bankruptcy Proceedings." (Abstract ID: 921540)

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Univ. of Kaiserslautern’s Holger Kraft and Mogens Steffensen: "An ABC Portfolio Choice: Asset Allocation with Bankruptcy and Contagion." (Abstract ID: 921182)

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University of East Anglia’s Andreas Stephan: "The Bankruptcy Wildcard in Cartel Cases." (Abstract ID: 912169)

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Stockholm School of Economics’s Stefano Rossi and Stockholm University’s Nicola Gennaioli: "Bankruptcy, Creditor Protection and Debt Contracts." (Abstract ID: 891154)

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Univ. of Osnabruck’s Jochen Bigus and the Max Planck Institute of Economics’s Eva-Maria Steiger: "When it Pays to be Honest: How a Variable Period of Good Conduct can Improve Incentives in Personal Bankruptcy Proceedings." (Abstract ID: 868365)

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U.S. Court of International Trade’s Robert F. Weber: "Can the Sauvegarde Reform Save French Bankruptcy Law?: A Comparative Look at Chapter 11 and French bankruptcy Law from an Agency Cost Perspective." (Abstract ID: 802944)

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Abstracts for each of these papers follows:Continue Reading Recent Comparative Bankruptcy-Related Articles of Interest Available for Downloading from SSRN

The following bankruptcy history-related papers, arranged by abstract ID number, can be downloaded from the Social Science Research Network:

University of Wisconsin’s Bernard Trujillo: "The Wisconsin Exemption Clause Debate of 1846: An Historical Perspective on the Regulation of Debt."  (Abstract ID: 925014)

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Federal Reserve Bank’s Kenneth Garbade: "The Evolution of Repo Contracting Conventions in the 1980s."  (Abstract ID: 918498)

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FDIC’s Michael Krimminger: "The Evolution of U.S. Insolvency Law for Financial Market Contracts."  (Abstract ID:  916345)

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Abstracts for each of these papers follows:Continue Reading Recent Bankruptcy History-Related Articles of Interest Available for Downloading from SSRN

The following BAPCPA-related papers, arranged by abstract ID number, can be downloaded from the Social Science Research Network:

Univ. Of Florida’s Amy K. Yarbrough and Jacksonville State University’s Robert J. Landry III: "Navigating the Social Safety Net: A State-level Analysis of the Relationships Between Medicaid, the Uninsured and Consumer Bankruptcy."  (Abstract ID: 932940)

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Univ. of Illinois College of Law’s Charles Jordan Tabb: "Consumer Bankruptcy Filings: Trends and Indicators."  (Abstract ID: 931172)

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Federal Reserve Bank’s Mark J. Furletti: "Consumer Bankruptcy: How Unsecured Lenders Fare." (Abstract ID: 927088)

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Cardozo Law School’s David Gray Carlson: "Cars in Chapter 13 After 2005 Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code." (Abstract ID: 925567)

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University of Pennsylvania’s Michael Gene Housman: "Senior Power and the Medicare Trust Fund Crisis." (Abstract ID: 925137)

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University of Wisconsin School of law’s Bernard Trujillo: "Regulating Bankruptcy Abuse: An Empirical Study of Consumer Exemption Cases." (Abstract ID: 925016)

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UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law’s Melissa B. Jacoby: "Bankruptcy Reform and Homeownership Risk."  (Abstract ID: 918006)

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Abstracts for each of these papers follows:

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The following finance bankruptcy-related papers, arranged by abstract ID number, can be downloaded from the Social Science Research Network:

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Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School’s David A. Skeel, Jr. and Univ. of San Diego School of Law’s Frank Partnoy: "The Promise and Perils of Credit Derivatives." (Abstract ID: 929747)

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Harvard University’s John Y. Campbell, Brandeis University’s Jens Hilscher, and Duquesne Capital Management LLC’s Jan Szilagyi: "In Search of Distress Risk." (Abstract ID: 917567)

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Arizona State University’s Michael G. Hertzel and Zhi Li, USC’s Micah S. Officer, and NYU’s Kimberly J. Rodgers: "Inter-Firm Linkages and the Wealth Effects of Financial Distress along the Supply Chain." (Abstract ID: 912795)

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Matthias Hild and Jordan Mitchell: "Qwest Communications Bond-Swap Offer: Explanatory Note." (Abstract ID: 912128)

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Abstracts for each of these papers follows:

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The following business bankruptcy-related papers, arranged by abstract ID number, can be downloaded from the Social Science Research Network:

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Univ. of Chicago Business School’s Joshua D. Rauh: "Risk Shifting versus Risk management: Investment Policy in Corporate Pension Plans."  (Abstract ID: 931237)

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Univ. of Cambridge’s Geoff Meeks and J.G. Tulip Meeks: "Self-fulfilling Prophecies of Failure: The Endogenous Balance Sheets of Distressed Companies." (Abstract ID: 931096)

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Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP’s J.B. Heaton: "Solvency Tests."  (Abstract ID: 931026)

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Chapman University School of Law’s Daniel B. Bogart: "Unexpected Gifts of Chapter 11: The Breach of a Director’s Duty of Loyalty Following Plan Confirmation and the Postconfirmation Jurisdiction of Bankruptcy Courts." (Abstract ID: 930161)

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University of Chicago Law School’s M. Todd Henderson: "Paying CEOs in Bankruptcy: Executive Compensation When Agency Costs are Low."  (Abstract ID: 927081)

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Ohio State University Dept. of Finance’s Bernadette A. Milton: "How has CEO Turnover Changed? Increasingly Performance Sensitive Boards and Increasingly Uneasy CEOs" (Abstract ID: 924751)

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Yale Law School’s Yair Jason Listokin: "Paying for Performance in bankruptcy: Why CEOs Should be Compensated with Debt." (Abstract ID: 924569)

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Seton Hall University School of Law’s Stephen Lubben: "Choosing Corporate Bankruptcy Counsel." (Abstract ID: 781367)

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Abstracts for each of these papers follows:

Continue Reading Recent Business Bankruptcy-Related Articles of Interest Available for Downloading from SSRN (October 2006)

The following bankruptcy-related scholarly papers, arranged by SSRN abstract ID number, can be downloaded from the Social Science Research Network website:

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Univ. of Texas Law School’s Ronald J. Mann: "The Supreme Court, the Solicitor General, and Bankruptcy: BFP v. Resolution Trust Company." (Abstract ID: 931288)

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Vanderbilt University School of Law’s Robert K. Rasmussen: "Creating a Calamity."  (Abstract ID: 930182)

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University of Arkansas School of Law’s Susan A. Schneider: "Bankruptcy Reform and Family Farmers: Correcting the Disposable Income Problem."  (Abstract ID: 928255)

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University of Arkansas School of Law’s Susan A. Schneider: "Who Gets the Check: Determining When Federal Farm Program Payments are Property of the Bankruptcy Estate."  (Abstract ID: 928254)

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Syracuse University College of Law’s Gregory L. Germain: "Discharging Income Tax Liabilities in Bankruptcy: A Challenge to the New Theory of Strict Construction for Scriveners’ Errors."  (Abstract ID: 925840)

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University of Wisconsin Law School’s Bernard Trujillo: "Self-Organizing Legal Systems: Precedent and Variation in Bankruptcy."  (Abstract ID: 924673)

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Chapman University School of Law’s Daniel B. Bogart: "Resisting the Expansion of Bankruptcy Court Power under Section 105 of the Bankruptcy Code: The All Writs Act and an Admonition from Chief Justice Marshall." (Abstract ID: 922108)

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Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Evelyn Brody: "The Charity in Bankruptcy and Ghosts of Donors Past, Present, and Future." (Abstract ID: 918120)

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UCLA School of Law’s Lynn M. LoPucki and Joseph W. Doherty: "Delaware Bankruptcy: Failure in the Ascendancy." (Abstract ID: 906834)

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Abstracts for each of these papers follows:

Continue Reading Recent Bankruptcy-Related Articles of Interest Available for Downloading from SSRN

Here are the "Picks of the Month" for September 2006, my monthly guide to recently published articles of relevance to the bankruptcy practitioner, scholar, student, and Judge:

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Here are the "Picks of the Month" for August 2006, my monthly guide to recently published articles of relevance to the bankruptcy practitioner, scholar, student, and Judge:

***Continue Reading Picks of the Month: Required Bankruptcy Reading for August 2006