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Do creditor rights reduce tunneling? Evidence from India’s bankruptcy law reforms

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  • Gai, Prasanna
  • Singh, Akshat
  • Sundaram, Asha
  • Udupa, Gautham

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We study the impact of a bankruptcy reform that improved creditor rights and legal efficiency on the tunneling of funds through related party transactions within corporate group in India. We exploit a triple difference estimation strategy comparing related party transactions between a ‘treatment’ and ‘control’ group of financially distressed firms, before and after reform, and in Indian states where court systems were less efficient relative to other states. Improved creditor rights reduced tunneling by inducing borrowers to reduce financial related party transactions, which resulted in voluntary deleveraging of bank debt.

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  • Gai, Prasanna & Singh, Akshat & Sundaram, Asha & Udupa, Gautham, 2026. "Do creditor rights reduce tunneling? Evidence from India’s bankruptcy law reforms," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:corfin:v:100:y:2026:i:c:s0929119926000921
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2026.103034
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G33 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Bankruptcy; Liquidation
    • G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Business and Securities Law
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance

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