SSRN Bankruptcy, Reorganization & Creditors eJournal

1.

Underwater and Not Walking Away: Shame, Fear and the Social Management of the Housing Crisis

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 45, p. 971, 2010, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No 09-35

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 27 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 09 May 2015

Working Paper Series

Brent T. White

University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law

Downloads 19,413

2.

The Essential Elements of Corporate Law

Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20/2009, Yale Law, Economics & Public Policy Research Paper No. 387, Harvard Law and Economics Research Paper No. 643, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 09-39, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 134/2009

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2009

Accepted Paper Series

John Armour, Henry Hansmann and Reinier Kraakman

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Yale Law School and Harvard Law School

Downloads 9,689

3.

The Promise and Perils of Credit Derivatives

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 75, p. 1019, 2007, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 06-22, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 06-36, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 07-74

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2010

Accepted Paper Series

David A. Skeel Jr. and Frank Partnoy

University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of San Diego School of Law

Downloads 9,644

4.

Competition and Crisis in Mortgage Securitization

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 88, p.213, (2013)

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 10 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2013

Accepted Paper Series

Michael Simkovic

USC Gould School of Law

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 8,948

5.

How to Restructure Greek Debt

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 May 2010

Working Paper Series

Lee C. Buchheit and G. Mitu Gulati

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP - New York Office and Duke University School of Law

Downloads 8,735

6.

Defending Junk-Debt-Buyer Lawsuits

Clearinghouse Review, Vol. 46, No. 1-2, May-June 2012, p. 12+, U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-24

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 06 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Peter A. Holland

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Downloads 8,374

7.

Systemic Risk

Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 163, Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 97, No. 1, 2008

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2008

Accepted Paper Series

Steven L. Schwarcz

Duke University School of Law

Downloads 8,361

8.

Two Faces: Demystifying the Mortgage Electronic Registration System's Land Title Theory

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 1, 2011

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2013

Accepted Paper Series

Christopher Lewis Peterson

University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

Downloads 7,992

9.

Secret Liens and the Financial Crisis of 2008

American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Vol. 83, p. 253, 2009

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2009

Accepted Paper Series

Michael Simkovic

USC Gould School of Law

Downloads 6,327

10.

Foreclosure, Subprime Mortgage Lending, and the Mortgage Electronic Registration System

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 78, No. 4, 2010

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 09 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Christopher Lewis Peterson

University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

Downloads 5,723

11.

The Subprime Panic

Yale ICF Working Paper No. 08-25

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Oct 2008

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Gary B. Gorton

Yale School of Management

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 5,661

12.

Enron and the Use and Abuse of Special Purpose Entities in Corporate Structures

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 70, p. 1309, 2006, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 28

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 May 2002

Accepted Paper Series

Steven L. Schwarcz

Duke University School of Law

Downloads 5,158

13.

Agency Problems, Legal Strategies, and Enforcement

Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21/2009, Yale Law, Economics & Public Policy Research Paper No. 388, Harvard Law and Economics Research Paper Series No. 644 , ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 135/2009

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2010

Accepted Paper Series

John Armour, Henry Hansmann and Reinier Kraakman

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Yale Law School and Harvard Law School

Downloads 5,142

14.

Forecasting Bankruptcy More Accurately: A Simple Hazard Model

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Aug 1999

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Tyler Shumway

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, The Stephen M. Ross School of Business

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 4,909

15.

The Management of Corporate Capital Structure: Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Jan 1997

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Gerald T. Garvey and Gordon R. Hanka

Blackrock and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance

Downloads 4,765

16.

The Failure of Good Intentions: The WorldCom Fraud and the Collapse of American Telecommunications After Deregulation

Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 207-267, 2003

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 01 Oct 2002 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2013

Accepted Paper Series

J. Gregory Sidak

Criterion Economics, L.L.C.

Downloads 4,689

17.

Greek Debt - The Endgame Scenarios

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2014

Working Paper Series

Lee C. Buchheit and G. Mitu Gulati

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP - New York Office and Duke University School of Law

Downloads 4,649

18.

Financial Engineering, Corporate Governance, and the Collapse of Enron

U of Delaware Coll. of Bus. and Econ. Ctr. for Corp. Governance Working Paper No. 2002-001

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Jan 2003

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Stuart Gillan and John D. Martin

University of Georgia - Department of Finance and Baylor University - Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

Downloads 4,583

19.

The Panic of 2007

Yale ICF Working Paper No. 08-24

Number of pages: 92 Posted: 26 Aug 2008

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Gary B. Gorton

Yale School of Management

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 4,460

20.

The Essential Role of Organizational Law

NYU Law and Economics Working Paper No. 00-006; Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper 284; Yale ICF Working Paper No. 00-11

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Jun 2000

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Henry Hansmann and Reinier Kraakman

Yale Law School and Harvard Law School

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 4,260

21.

Keynote Address: Understanding the Subprime Financial Crisis

South Carolina Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 3, 2009

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Steven L. Schwarcz

Duke University School of Law

Downloads 4,253

22.

The New Financial Deal: Understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and its (Unintended) Consequences

THE NEW FINANCIAL DEAL: UNDERSTANDING THE DODD-FRANK ACT AND ITS (UNINTENDED) CONSEQUENCES, Wiley, November 2010 , U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 10-21

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 13 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2010

Accepted Paper Series

David A. Skeel Jr.

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Downloads 4,207

23.

Shadow Banking and Financial Regulation

Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 370

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 24 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2014

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Morgan Ricks

Vanderbilt University - Law School

Downloads 4,161

24.

Bankruptcy and the Resolution of Financial Distress

Number of pages: 89 Posted: 24 Jan 2008

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Edith S. Hotchkiss, Kose John, Karin S. Thorburn and Robert M. Mooradian

Boston College - Carroll School of Management, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance, Norwegian School of Economics and Northeastern University, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Finance Area

Downloads 4,135

25.

Against Financial Literacy Education

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 94, 2008, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-10, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2008-13

Number of pages: 92 Posted: 13 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2010

Accepted Paper Series

Lauren E. Willis

Loyola Law School Los Angeles

Downloads 4,108

26.

Bankruptcy or Bailouts?

Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 35, p. 469, 2010, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-11, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-05

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2010

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Kenneth Ayotte and David A. Skeel Jr.

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School

Downloads 3,848

27.

Misbehavior and Mistake in Bankruptcy Mortgage Claims

U of Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-29, Texas Law Review, Vol. 87, 2008

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2009

Accepted Paper Series

Katherine M. Porter

University of California - Irvine School of Law

Downloads 3,458

28.

A Transactional Genealogy of Scandal: From Michael Milken to Enron to Goldman Sachs

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 86, pp. 783-868 (2013), U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-26, Georgetown Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-034, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-126

Number of pages: 86 Posted: 15 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2014

Accepted Paper Series

William W. Bratton and Adam J. Levitin

University of Pennsylvania Law School and Georgetown University Law Center

Downloads 3,416

29.

Accounting Conservatism and Bankruptcy Risk

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 06 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2016

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Gary C. Biddle, Mary L. Z. Ma and Frank M. Song

University of Melbourne, Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, York University and The University of Hong Kong - School of Economics and Finance

Downloads 3,294

30.

Regulating the Rating Agencies

Washington University Law Quarterly, Vol. 82, p. 43, 2004

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Mar 2005

Accepted Paper Series

Claire A. Hill

University of Minnesota Law School

Downloads 3,129

31.

The Future of Securitization

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 4, p.1313 2009

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 18 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Steven L. Schwarcz

Duke University School of Law

Downloads 3,027

32.

Valuation of Bankrupt Firms

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Jul 1998

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Stuart C. Gilson, Edith S. Hotchkiss and Richard S. Ruback

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Boston College - Carroll School of Management and Harvard Business School

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 3,016

33.

Securitization and Its Discontents: The Dynamics of Financial Product Development

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 29, pp. 1553-1728, 2008

Number of pages: 176 Posted: 08 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Kenneth C. Kettering

Visiting Professor at Large

Downloads 2,990

34.

Credit Default Swaps and the Credit Crisis

Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2009-16 , Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2009-03-16, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 264/2009

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2010

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René M. Stulz

Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,940

35.

The Economics of Credit Cards

George Mason Law & Economics Working Paper No. 00-22

Number of pages: 127 Posted: 25 May 2000

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Todd J. Zywicki

George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty

Downloads 2,866

36.

Mortgage Servicing

Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2011, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 11-09, Georgetown Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-01

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 18 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2011

Accepted Paper Series

Adam J. Levitin and Tara Twomey

Georgetown University Law Center and National Consumer Law Center

Downloads 2,801

37.

Law and the Rise of the Firm

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 57/2006, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 326

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 03 Jan 2006

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Henry Hansmann, Reinier Kraakman and Richard Squire

Yale Law School, Harvard Law School and Fordham University School of Law

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,762

38.

The Derivatives Market's Payment Priorities as Financial Crisis Accelerator

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 63, Issue3, p. 539, 2011, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 153/2010, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 10-17

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Mark J. Roe

Harvard Law School

Downloads 2,666

39.

Debt, Equity, and Hybrid Decoupling: Governance and Systemic Risk Implications

U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 120, Europen Financial Management Journal, Vol. 14, 2008, ECGI - Finance Working Paper Series No. 207/2008, McCombs Research Paper Series

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2009

Working Paper Series

Henry T. C. Hu and Bernard S. Black

University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,630

40.

Regulatory Reform in the Wake of the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 May 2009

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Andrew W. Lo

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

Downloads 2,605

41.

Leveraged Buyout Bankruptcies, the Problem of Hindsight Bias, and the Credit Default Swap Solution

Columbia Business Law Review, Vol. 2011, No. 1, p. 118, 2011, Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 1632084

Number of pages: 104 Posted: 17 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2011

Accepted Paper Series

Michael Simkovic and Benjamin Kaminetzky

USC Gould School of Law and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP - New York Office

Downloads 2,598

42.

Assessing the Chrysler Bankruptcy

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 108, pp. 727-772, 2010, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 645, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-22, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-17, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 09-42

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Mark J. Roe and David A. Skeel Jr.

Harvard Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School

Downloads 2,590

43.

The Law & Economics of Subprime Lending

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 08-17, University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 80, No. 1, Winter 2009, pp. 1-86

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 16 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2008

Accepted Paper Series

Todd J. Zywicki and Joseph Adamson

George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty and George Mason University - Mercatus Center

Downloads 2,585

44.

An Empirical Assessment of Student Loan Discharges and the Undue Hardship Standard

86 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 495 (2012)

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Jason Iuliano

Yale University - Law School

Downloads 2,536

45.

How to Restructure Venezuelan Debt (¿Cómo restructurar la deuda venezolana?)

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Jul 2017

Working Paper Series

Lee C. Buchheit and G. Mitu Gulati

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP - New York Office and Duke University School of Law

Downloads 2,507

46.

Markets, Systemic Risk, and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis

Southern Methodist University Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2008, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 190

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 06 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2010

Accepted Paper Series

Steven L. Schwarcz

Duke University School of Law

Downloads 2,411

47.

Do Bankruptcy Codes Matter? A Study of Defaults in France, Germany and the UK

EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings Paper, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 89/2005, WFA 2005 Portland Meetings Paper, AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings Paper

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 Jan 2005

Working Paper Series

Sergei A. Davydenko and Julian R. Franks

University of Toronto - Finance Area and London Business School

Downloads 2,408

48.

The Rise of a Giant: Securitization and the Global Financial Crisis

American Business Law Journal, Vol. 49, No. 4, p. 859, 2012

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Jan 2013

Accepted Paper Series

Dov Solomon

College of Law and Business - Ramat Gan Law School

Downloads 2,385

49.

Predatory Structured Finance

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 28, No. 5, 2007

Number of pages: 100 Posted: 10 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2013

Accepted Paper Series

Christopher Lewis Peterson

University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law

Downloads 2,375

50.

Equity and Debt Decoupling and Empty Voting II: Importance and Extensions

as published in University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 156, pp. 625-739, 2008, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. , U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 122

Number of pages: 116 Posted: 20 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2008

Working Paper Series

Henry T. C. Hu and Bernard S. Black

University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law

Downloads 2,342

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