Forum-shopping and personal bankruptcy

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-255

  Elul, Ronel ^a   Subramanian, Narayanan ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy exemptions; Forum shopping; Personal bankruptcy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036289843     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015033627946     Document Type: Review

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