Essays about: "The Swedish Business Reorganization Act"

Found 2 essays containing the words The Swedish Business Reorganization Act.

1. 1. Restructurings versus Bankruptcy Buy-Backs: A Study of the Swedish Insolvency Legislation

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Martin Gustavsson; Fredrik Herslow; [2014]
   Keywords : Restructuring; Reorganization; Bankruptcy; Buy-Back; Insolvency;

   Abstract : This paper compares the Swedish Bankruptcy Act and Business Reorganization Act as tools for restructuring financially distressed firms. The study is performed through an empirical investigation of the two laws with respect to the pre-filing financial characteristics and post-performance of the firms under each procedure. READ MORE

3. 2. Evaluating the Swedish Business Reorganization Act - A study on firms' post emergence development

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Gustav Pettersson; Robin Rane; [2014]
   Keywords : The Swedish Business Reorganization Act; financial distress; reorganization; propensity score matching;

   Abstract : We evaluate the ex-post efficiency of the Swedish Business Reorganization Act by investigating the performance of Swedish firms emerging from the reorganization procedure compared to a control group. To account for heterogeneity in firm prefiling characteristics, we employ propensity score matching in choosing comparable benchmark firms. READ MORE