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Legal reform and aggregate small and micro business bankruptcy rates: evidence from the 1997 Belgian bankruptcy code

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  • Nico Dewaelheyns

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  • Cynthia Hulle

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Small Business Economics.

Volume (Year): 31 (2008)
Issue (Month): 4 (December)
Pages: 409-424
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Keywords: Bankruptcy reform; Aggregate bankruptcy rates; G33; E32; K22; L26;

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  1. Régis Blazy & Bertrand Chopard & Agnès Fimayer & Jean-Daniel Guigou, 2009. "Financial versus Social Efficiency of Corporate Bankruptcy Law: the French Dilemma?," Working Papers of BETA 2009-12, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
  2. Dewaelheyns, Nico & Van Hulle, Cynthia, 2009. "Filtering speed in a continental European reorganization procedure," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/224155, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
  3. Dewaelheyns, Nico & Van Hulle, Cynthia, 2007. "Aggregate bankruptcy rates and the macroeconomic environment: forecasting systematic probabilities of default," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/175125, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
  4. Carcello, Joseph V. & Vanstraelen, Ann & Willenborg, Michael, 2009. "Rules rather than discretion in audit standards: going-concern opinions in Belgium," Open Access publications from Maastricht University urn:nbn:nl:ui:27-23108, Maastricht University.

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