Assessing viability of Finnish reorganization and bankruptcy firms

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-198

  Laitinen, Erkki K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Finnish Company Reorganization Act; Finnish firms; Logistic regression analysis; Reorganization; Viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952620403     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10657-009-9136-4     Document Type: Article

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