Mathur, Aparna - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 11, pp. 4198-4216
This paper assesses the extent to which the US bankruptcy system is effective in providing small businesses a “fresh start” after a bankruptcy filing. I use data from the 1993, 1998 and 2003 National Survey of Small Business Finances to explore how firms fare after a bankruptcy filing. On...