Bankruptcy and Investment: Evidence from Changes in Marital Property Laws in the U.S. South, 1840-1850
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JEL classification:
- G33 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Bankruptcy; Liquidation
- K11 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Property Law
- K35 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Personal Bankruptcy Law
- N21 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- N31 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2016-03-23 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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