Medical bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: results of a national study

DU Himmelstein, D Thorne, E Warren… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Our 2001 study in 5 states found that medical problems contributed to at
least 46.2% of all bankruptcies. Since then, health costs and the numbers of un-and …

Debt relief and debtor outcomes: Measuring the effects of consumer bankruptcy protection

W Dobbie, J Song - American economic review, 2015 - aeaweb.org
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 …

Long-term financial burden of breast cancer: experiences of a diverse cohort of survivors identified through population-based registries

R Jagsi, JAE Pottow, KA Griffith, C Bradley… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To evaluate the financial experiences of a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of
long-term breast cancer survivors (17% African American, 40% Latina) identified through …

[图书][B] Lived economies of default: Consumer credit, debt collection and the capture of affect

J Deville - 2015 - taylorfrancis.com
Consumer credit borrowing–using credit cards, store cards and personal loans–is an
important and routine part of many of our lives. But what happens when these everyday …

Regulating in pandemic: evaluating economic and financial policy responses to the coronavirus crisis

H Hafiz, SY Oei, DM Ring, N Shnitser - Boston College Law School …, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract The United States is currently trying to manage a fast-moving public health crisis
due to the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). The economic and financial ramifications of the …

[图书][B] Empirical methods in law

RM Lawless, JK Robbennolt, T Ulen - 2010 - creditslips.org
An increasing number of legal and policy issues are turning on accurate empirical
information. A few examples will illustrate the point. In Exxon Shipping v. Baker, 554 US 471 …

The corporate governance gap

K Kastiel, Y Nili - Yale LJ, 2021 - HeinOnline
A reliable system of corporate governance is considered an important requirement for the
long-term success of public companies and for the good of society at large. After decades of …

Coerced debt: The role of consumer credit in domestic violence

A Littwin - Calif. L. Rev., 2012 - HeinOnline
Coerced Debt: The Role of Consumer Credit in Domestic Violence Page 1 Coerced Debt:
The Role of Consumer Credit in Domestic Violence Angela Littwin* After decades of …

Race, attorney influence, and bankruptcy chapter choice

J Braucher, D Cohen… - Journal of Empirical Legal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We report on racially disparate uses of Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Currently, approximately
1,500,000 bankruptcy petitions are filed each year, with about 30 percent of those petitions …

The pretend solution: An empirical study of bankruptcy outcomes

K Porter - Tex. L. Rev., 2011 - HeinOnline
Bankruptcy is an integrated legal solution to the problem of overwhelming debt. Evidence
suggests that the architects of the modem Bankruptcy Code, in 1978, were genuinely …