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Bankruptcy Or Bailouts?, Kenneth Ayotte, David Skeel
Bankruptcy Or Bailouts?, Kenneth Ayotte, David Skeel
Kenneth Ayotte
The usual reaction if one mentions bankruptcy as a mechanism for addressing a financial institution’s default is incredulity. Those who favor the rescue of troubled financial institutions, and even those who prefer that their assets be promptly sold to a healthier institution, treat bankruptcy as anathema. Everyone seems to agree that nothing good can come from bankruptcy. Indeed, the Chapter 11 filing by Lehman Brothers has been singled out by many the primary cause of the severe economic and financial contraction that followed, and proof that bankruptcy is disorderly and ineffective. As a result, ad-hoc rescue lending to avoid bankruptcy …
Silos, Corporate Law, And Bankruptcy Law, Lawrence Hamermesh
Silos, Corporate Law, And Bankruptcy Law, Lawrence Hamermesh
Lawrence A. Hamermesh
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