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In this Research Handbook, today’s leading experts on the law and economics of corporate bankruptcy address fundamental issues such as the efficiency of bankruptcy, the role and treatment of creditors – particularly secured creditors – in the bankruptcy process, the allocation of going-concern surplus among claimants, the desirability of liquidation in the absence of such surplus, the role of contract in bankruptcy resolution, the role of derivatives in the bankruptcy process, the costs of the bankruptcy system, and the special case of financial institutions, among other topics.

Authors

Barry Adler

Bernard Petrie Professor of Law and Business
NYU Law
Research Member

Douglas G. Baird

Thomas H. Jackson

Robert K. Rasmussen

Melissa B. Jacoby

Edward J. Janger

David Skeel

S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law
University of Pennsylvania - School of Law
Research Member

Mark Roe

David Berg Professor of Law
Harvard Law School
Fellow, Research Member

Kenneth Ayotte

George Triantis

Anthony Casey

Donald M. Ephraim Professor of Law and Economics
The University of Chicago Law School
Research Member

Edward R. Morrison

Michelle J. White

Michael Simkovic

Leon Benwell Professor of Law; Professor of Law & Accounting
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Research Member

Stephen J. Lubben

Todd J. Zywicki

John A.E. Pottow

Alan Schwartz

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