Welfare implications of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1567-1595

  Athreya, Kartik B ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Incomplete markets; Personal bankruptcy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036846963     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(02)00176-9     Document Type: Article

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