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Do liquidation trustee characteristics matter for firm liquidation outcomes? Evidence from Slovenia

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  • Cepec, Jaka
  • Grajzl, Peter
  • Zajc, Katarina

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We investigate whether insolvency outcomes depend on the characteristics of the trustee entrusted with the administration of insolvency proceedings. To this end, we draw on a novel dataset of firm liquidations from Slovenia and exploit courts’ de facto random assignment of firm liquidation cases to licensed liquidation trustees. We find that only a subset of the observed liquidation trustee characteristics matters for only a subset of examined firm liquidation outcomes. The trustee’s experience affects the length of proceedings. While the effect is identified off of a small number of observations, the subject of the trustee’s education influences the prospects for, but not the amount of, creditors’ debt recovery. The trustee’s gender, attained level of education, and repeated match with a specific judge exhibit no robust effect on either debt recovery or the length of proceedings. We discuss the broader implications of our results.

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  • Cepec, Jaka & Grajzl, Peter & Zajc, Katarina, 2017. "Do liquidation trustee characteristics matter for firm liquidation outcomes? Evidence from Slovenia," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 41(4), pages 591-609.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecosys:v:41:y:2017:i:4:p:591-609
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2017.05.002
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    1. Jaka Cepec & Peter Grajzl & Barbara Mörec, 2022. "Public cash and modes of firm exit," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 247-298, January.
    2. Cepec, Jaka & Grajzl, Peter, 2020. "Debt-to-equity conversion in bankruptcy reorganization and post-bankruptcy firm survival," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 61(C).

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    Keywords

    Insolvency; Firm liquidations; Debt recovery; Duration; Liquidation trustees; Slovenia;
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    JEL classification:

    • G33 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Bankruptcy; Liquidation
    • K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Business and Securities Law
    • P37 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Legal

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