Firms' performance under different bankruptcy systems: A Europe-USA empirical analysis

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 849-872

  Gutiérrez, Carlos Lopez ^a   Olmo, Begoña Torre ^a   Azofra, Sergio Sanfilippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy law efficiency; Financial distress; Firm's performance; G33; G38

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866008324     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2011.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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