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The role of debt and bankruptcy statutes in facilitating tacit collusion

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  • Julie Hunsaker

    (Department of Economics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA)

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Using a two-period model this paper examines the quantity decisions of leveraged duopolists that are vulnerable to bankruptcy in the first period. When the firms have symmetric costs, a bankrupt firm reorganizes under Chapter 11. If a Chapter 11 firm experiences marginal cost relief, each firm produces a collusive output in period one in order to prevent its rival's financial demise. When the firms have asymmetric costs, the less efficient firm is liquidated under Chapter 7 upon bankruptcy. A predatory equilibrium exists, whereby the inefficient firm is driven from the market. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Julie Hunsaker, 1999. "The role of debt and bankruptcy statutes in facilitating tacit collusion," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 20(1), pages 9-24.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:mgtdec:v:20:y:1999:i:1:p:9-24
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199902)20:1<9::AID-MDE916>3.0.CO;2-#
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