Debt Relief and Debtor Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Consumer Bankruptcy Protection
Debt Relief and Debtor Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Consumer Bankruptcy Protection
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Nashville: American Economic Association
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English
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Nashville: American Economic Association
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Consumer bankruptcy is one of the largest social insurance programs in the United States, but little is known about its impact on debtors. We use 500,000 bankruptcy filings matched to administrative tax and foreclosure data to estimate the impact of Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection on subsequent outcomes. Exploiting the random assignment of bankrup...
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Debt Relief and Debtor Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Consumer Bankruptcy Protection
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1672876138
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1672876138
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0002-8282
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1944-7981
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10.1257/aer.20130612
