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FINANCE
Edited by R.A. Jarrow, V. Maksimovic and W.T. Ziemba

CHAPTER 28
Financial Distress, Bankruptcy and Reorganization
L.W. Senbet and J.K. Seward

1. Introduction and overview*  

2. Legal and economic ramifications of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code

3. Bankruptcy and corporate financial policy

4. Private methods of resolving financial distress

5. Court-supervised methods of resolving financial distress or formal reorganizations

6. An assessment of the impact of financial distress on the behavior of corporate managers

Appendix

Acknowledgements

References

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