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

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

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Brandeis University’s Jens Hillscher and Harvard University’s Jan Szilagyi: "In Search of Distress Risk." (Abstract ID: 917567)

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

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Seton Hall Univ. School of Law’s Stephen Luben: "Credit Derivatives & the Future of Chapter 11." (Abstract ID: 906613)

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

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Northwestern University’s Vadim Linetsky: "Pricing Equity Derivatives Subject to Bankruptcy." (Abstract ID: 889973)

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University of Mainz’s Gunther Friedl: "Discussion of ‘Optimal Debt Service: Straight vs. Convertible’." (Abstract ID: 899299)

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Penn. State Univ.-Berks’s Khaled Abdou and Univ. of New Orleans Oscar Varela: "The Role of Venture Capitalists in Bankruptcy." (Abstract ID: 891642)

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University of Aarhus’s Peter Tind Larsen: "Default Risk, Debt Maturity and Levered Equity’s Risk Shifting Incentives." (Abstract ID: 887441)

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University of Chicago Law School’s Kenneth W. Dam: "Credit Markets, Creditors’ Rights and Economic Development." (Abstract ID: 885198)

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Univ. of Georgia’s Mark Dawkins and Linda Smith Bamber and SMU’s Neil Battacharya: "Systematic Share Price Fluctuations after Bankruptcy Filings and the Investors who Drive Them." (Abstract ID: 881508)

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The following business bankruptcy-related articles, arranged by abstract ID number, are available for downloading from the Social Science Research Network:

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Chapman University School of Law’s Daniel B. Bogart: "Liability of Directors of Chapter 11 Debtors in Posession: ‘Don’t Look Back – Something May Be Gaining on You’." (Abstract ID: 918814)

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ASU’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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UCLA Law School’s Lynn M. LoPucki and Joseph W. Doherty: "Rise of the Financial Advisors: An Empirical Study of the Division of Professional Fees in Large Bankruptcies." (Abstract ID: 913841)

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Mathias Hild and University of Virginia’s Matthew R. McBrady: "A Managerial Primer on the US Bankruptcy Code."  (Abstract ID 912038)

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Bennett Stewart: "The Real Reasons Enron Failed." (Abstract ID: 911690)

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3d Circuit Judicial Law Clerk Adam Levitin: "Finding Nemo: Rediscovering the Virtues of Negotiability in the Wake of Enron." (Abstract ID: 910571)

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University of Virginia’s Gerry Yeman and Marian Chapman Moore and UT-Austin’s Geraldine R. Henderson: "Snibbie®: Spit Happens(B)." (Abstract ID: 910114)

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Yair Jason Listokin: "Is Secured Debt Used to Redistribute Value from Tort Claimants in Bankruptcy? An Empirical Analysis."  (Abstract ID: 909225)

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University of Virginia’s Patricia H. Werhane and Julie Stocker: "Dow Corning Corportation(A): Breast Implant Design." (Abstract ID: 908143)

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University of Virginia’s Patricia H. Werhane:  "Dow Corning Corportation(B): Making A Decision." (Abstract ID: 908725)

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University of Virginia’s Patricia H. Werhane: "Dow Corning Corportation(C): Closure?" (Abstract ID: 908726)

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UCLA School of Law’s Lynn M. LoPucki and Joseph W. Doherty: "The Determinants of Professional Fees in Large Bankruptcy Reorganization Cases Revisted." (Abstract ID: 906184)

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Seton Hall University School of Law’s Stephen Lubben: "The Other Liquidation Decision."  (Abstract ID: 903399)

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Univ. of Kentucky College of Law’s Rutherford B. Campbell Jr. and Christopher W. Frost: "Managers’ Fiduciary Duties in Financially Distressed Corporations: Chaos in Delaware (and Elsewhere)." (Abstract ID: 900904)

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3d Circuit Judicial Law Clark Adam Levitin: "Rough Justice? The Nature and Limits of Equitable Subordination." (Abstract ID: 900444)

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Lousiana State Univ.’s Susan Kalinka: "In Re Ehmann: Bankuptcy Court Decision Portends Problems for Manager-Managed LLCs." (Abstract ID: 894571)

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Boston College’s Mauricio Soto, Alicia H. Munnel, Francesca Golub-Sass, and Francis Vitagliano: "Why are Healthy Employers Freezing Their Pensions?" (Abstract ID: 893214)

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Federal Reserve Board’s Daniel M. Covitz, Song Han, and Beth Anne Wilson: "Are Longer Bankruptcies Really More Costly?" (Abstract ID: 891486)

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NYU’s Kimberly J. Rodgers, Indiana Univ.’s Randall A. Heron, and Univ. of Iowa’s Erik Lie: "Financial Restructuring in Fresh Start Chapter 11 Reorganizations." (Abstract ID: 890693)

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Michael Nwogugu: "Structural Changes in the US Retailing Industry and Legal, Economic and Strategy Implications for the US Real Estate Industry." (Abstract ID: 883568)

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University of Virginina’s Samuel E. Bodily and Robert F. Bruner: "Enron: 1986-2001." (Abstract ID: 302155)

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Harvard Business School’s Michael Jensen: "Active Investors, LBOS, and the Privatization of Bankruptcy." (Abstract ID: 244152)

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Abstracts for each of these papers follow: Continue Reading 22 Recent Business Bankruptcy-Related Articles of Interest Available on SSRN

Time to take a break from BAPCPA case law outlines to consider some interesting BAPCPA-related scholarly articles that are available for downloading from the Social Science Research Network (sorted by SSRN ID No):

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University of Illinois College of Law’s Robert M. Lawless: "Bankruptcy Filing Rates After a Major Hurricane." (SSRN ID: 919861)

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University of Iowa College of Law’s Katherine M. Porter: "The Bright Side of BAPCPA." (SSRN ID: 919322)

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

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University of Wisconsin School of Law’s Bernard Trujillo: "Regulating Bankruptcy Abuse: An Empirical Study of Consumer Exemptions Cases." (SSRN ID: 914019)

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University of Arizona College of Law’s Jean Braucher: "A Fresh Start for Personal Bankruptcy Reform: The Need for Simplification and a Single Portal." (SSRN ID: 912561)

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Univ. of Missouri School of Law’s Michelle A. Cecil: "Bankruptcy Reform: What’s Tax Got to Do With It?" (SSRN ID: 912263)

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University of Wisconsin Law School’s William C. Whitford: "A History of the Automobile Lender Provision of BAPCPA." (SSRN ID: 907086)

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University of Illinois College of Law’s Robert M. Lawless: "The Paradox of Consumer Credit."
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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Robert M. Hunt: "Whither Consumer Credit Counseling." (SSRN ID: 905263)

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N. D. Fisher: "The Effect of Unemployment Benefits, Welfare Benefits, and Other Income on Personal Bankruptcy." (SSRN ID: 904759)

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Harvard Law School’s Elizabeth Warren, UT-Austin Law School’s Jay Lawrence Westbrook and Univ. of Mich. Law School’s Teresa A. Sullivan: "Less Stigma or More Financial Distress: An Empirical Analysis of the Extraordinary Increase in Bankruptcy Fillings." (SSRN ID: 903355)

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Univ. of Michigan’s Dennis R. Capozza and UT-San Antonio’s Thomas A. Thomson: "Subprime Transitions: Lingering or Malingering in Default?" (SSRN ID: 902882)

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UT-Austin School of Law’s Ronald J. Mann: "Bankruptcy Reform and the ‘Sweatbox’ of Credit Card Debt." (SSRN ID: 895408)

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Univ. of Iowa College of Law’s Katherine M. Porter and Ohio University’s Deborah Thorne: "The Failure of Bankruptcy’s Fresh Start." (SSRN ID: 894453)

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Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas School of Law’s Judge Bruce Markell: "The Sub Rosa Subchapter: Individual Debtors in Chapter 11 after BAPCPA." (SSRN ID: 893582)

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Widener University School of Law’s Juliet Moringielio: "Has Congress Slimmed Down the Hogs?: A Look at the BAPCPA Approach to Pre-Bankruptcy Planning." (SSRN ID:892034)

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National Consumer Law Center’s Deanne Loonin and Elizabeth Renuart: "Life and Debt: A Survey of Data Addressing the Debt Loads of Older Persons and Policy Recommendations." (SSRN ID: 885398)

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NYU Law School’s Karen Gross and Fordham Univ. School of Law’s Susan Block Lieb: "Empty Mandate or Opportunity for Innovation? Pre-Petition Credit Counseling and Post-Petition Financial Management Education." (SSRN ID: 884487)

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UT-Austin’s Li Gan and Washington Univ.-St. Louis’ Tarun Sabarwal: "A Simple Test of Adverse Events and Strategic Timing Theories of Consumer Bankruptcy." (SSRN ID: 847035)

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Abstracts for each of these papers follow:

Continue Reading Nineteen Recent BAPCPA-Related Articles of Interest Available on SSRN

Here are the "Picks of the Month" for June 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 May 2006, a 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 April 2006, our ever-popular guide to recently published articles of relevance to the bankruptcy practitioner, scholar, student, and Judge:

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With the help of the firm’s summer interns, we’re now able to catch up on our popular "Picks of the Month" feature.  This entry cites to bankruptcy-related articles published in March 2006.  Links are to We$tlaw:

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