Research Handbook on Corporate Bankruptcy Law

Download or read book Research Handbook on Corporate Bankruptcy Law written by Barry E. Adler and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Research Handbook, today’s leading experts on the law and economics of corporate bankruptcy address fundamental issues such as the efficiency of bankruptcy, the role and treatment of creditors – particularly secured creditors – in the bankruptcy process, the allocation of going-concern surplus among claimants, the desirability of liquidation in the absence of such surplus, the role of contract in bankruptcy resolution, the role of derivatives in the bankruptcy process, the costs of the bankruptcy system, and the special case of financial institutions, among other topics.