Bankruptcy Data

Who "Presides" over Chapter 13 Plan Confirmation Hearings?

11/02/15

Shutterstock_329900393Temple Law Review will soon publish a volume honoring Bil

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Yep, 800,000 Bankruptcy Filings This Year

08/26/15

My blogging has been light the past few months as we have been working on the eighth edition of what will now be LoPucki, Warren & Lawless, Secured Transactions: A Systems Approach. For you secured transactions teachers out there, we have returned a first set of page proofs and everything looks on track for publication later this year well in advance of the spring semester.

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Quantifying the Benefits of the Fresh Start

04/06/15

I recently discovered a not-so-new paper that provides a useful answer to a question I've asked before:  Who benefits from consumer bankruptcy, and to what degree? This is a real challenge for policy-making, and well-supported answers are essential to greasing the wheels of reform.

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Sh*t In, Sh*t Out? the Problem of Mortgage Data Corruption & Empirical Analysis

02/09/15

Empirical economic analysis is a powerful tool.  It can elucidate correlations and sometimes even get us to causual explanations. But it has a serious weak-spot:  its value is entirely dependent upon the integrity of the data analyzed. To put the problem succinctly: sh*t in, sh*t out. 

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