No-fault default, chapter 11 bankruptcy, and financial institutions

© 2021 This paper analyzes the costs and benefits of a no-fault-default debt structure as an alternative to the typical bankruptcy process. We show that the deadweight costs of bankruptcy can be avoided or substantially reduced through no-fault-default debt, which permits a relatively seamless trans...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Merton, Robert C, Thakor, Richard T
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144222