Consumer bankruptcy and chapter choice: State panel evidence

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 552-566

  Nelson, Jon P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 22844453758     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1999.tb00704.x     Document Type: Article

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