The Impact of State Exemptions on Personal Bankruptcy Filings

Although the Federal Government is granted authority over bankruptcy law through the U.S. Constitution (Article 1, section 8), the Federal Government has historically left bankruptcy law for state governments to enact. In 1978, the U.S Congress tried to create a national bankruptcy law, but a last...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mulligan, John Vincent
Other Authors: Economics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35275
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10032000-00360023/