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A Theory of Workouts and the Effects of Reorganization Law / Robert Gertner, David Scharfstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gertner, Robert.
- Series:
- Technical Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. t0103.
- NBER technical working paper series no. t0103
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1991.
- Summary:
- We present a model of a financially distressed firm with outstanding bank debt and public debt. Coordination problems among public debtholders introduce investment inefficiencies in the workout process. In most cases, these inefficiencies are not mitigated by the ability of firms to buy back their public debt with cash and other securities--the only feasible way that firms can restructure their public debt. We show that Chapter 11 reorganization law increases investment and we characterize the types of corporate financial structures for which this increased investment enhances efficiency.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- May 1991.
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