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Amicus Brief: In Re Lyondell Chemical Company


Michael Simkovic


Seton Hall Law School; Harvard Law School - John M. Olin Center for Law and Economics

July 26, 2011


Abstract:     
Amicus Brief submitted in the Bankruptcy of Lyondell Chemical Company, analyzing fraudulent transfer issues by applying the techniques developed in "Leveraged Buyout Bankruptcies, the Problem of Hindsight Bias, and the Credit Default Swap Solution" - http://ssrn.com/abstract=1632084.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 128

Keywords: Lyondell, Fraudulent Transfer,LBO, Leveraged Buyout, Bankruptcy, Banking, Psychology, Predicting Default, Credit Default Swap, Bond Spread, Credit Spread, Structural Model, KMV, Merton, Market-Implied Probability, Risk, Hindsight, Hindsight Bias, Judicial Decision Making

JEL Classification: G33, K20, K4, K41, K42, A1, A11, B23, B41, C53, C78, D4, D8, D81, D84, D83, E37, E4, E43, E44, E47

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Date posted: October 2, 2011  

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Simkovic, Michael, Amicus Brief: In Re Lyondell Chemical Company (July 26, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1936687 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1936687

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Michael Simkovic (Contact Author)
Seton Hall Law School ( email )
One Newark Center
Newark, NJ 07102-5210
United States
Harvard Law School - John M. Olin Center for Law and Economics ( email )
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
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