Table of contents
The survival potential of companies placed into administrative receivership
Robert Hamilton, Barry Howcroft, Zhonghua Liu, Keith PondOutlines the UK law on insovency and asks whether the financial ratios banks use to assess credit worthiness can discriminate between the companies placed in administrative…
Macroeconomic determinants of personal bankruptcies
Iftikhar HussainOutlines trends in UK personal bankruptcies and relevant research; and explores the reasons for their dramatic rise since 1990. Explains the process of econometric analysis used…
Managing distressed companies: adapting to a new legal culture
David Milman, Gary CookOutlines UK law and practice relating to the responsibilities of directors of insolvent companies with particular reference to small firms: and explains the changes introduced by…
Creditor strategy in individual insolvency
Keith PondExplains the option of individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs) when formal insolvency proceedings are taken against a UK individual, noting their rapid growth since they were…
Corporate failure rates and the impact of the 1986 insolvency act: an econometric analysis
Jia Liu, Nick WilsonReviews previous research on the links between business failures, macroeconomic conditions and insolvency law; and develops a mathematical, econometric model to investigate them…
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- Professor Don Johnson