Beyond bankruptcy: Does the US bankruptcy code provide a fresh start to entrepreneurs?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.07.027
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Keywords
Bankruptcy; Small business; Credit terms;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G33 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Bankruptcy; Liquidation
- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
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