Information problems, conflicts of interest, and asset stripping: : Chapter 11's failure in the case of Eastern Airlines

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-97

  Weiss, Lawrence A ^a   Wruck, Karen H ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency problems; Airline industry; Bankruptcy; Financial distress; G31; G32; G33; G34; J51; J52; Labour unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002634940     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(98)00004-x     Document Type: Article

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