Consumer bankruptcy: A fresh start

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 402-418

  Livshits, Igor ^a   MaCgee, James ^a   Tertilt, Michèle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35448931189     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.1.402     Document Type: Article

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