Marital status and the decision to file for personal bankruptcy: A duration model approach

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. Fisher
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DAVID L. SJOQUIST ◽  
WILLIAM J. SMITH ◽  
MARY BETH WALKER ◽  
SALLY WALLACE

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Piet Rietveld ◽  
Peter Nijkamp

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BRADLEY A. HANSEN

The onset of the Great Depression did not spark a surge in personal bankruptcy. For debtors in default, state garnishment law played a significant role in the decision to file for bankruptcy. Only states that made it easy to garnish a debtor's wages experienced significant increases in bankruptcy as a consequence of the Depression.


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