Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0663477

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0663477

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

An Economic Analysis of Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganization in Australia. We examine the question of whether the new Australian bankruptcy law is too lenient on firms in financial trouble. We will assemble detailed economic data on a large number of bankrupt firms and use the data to measure the performance of the Australian bankruptcy system. The outcome will be a more complete understanding of how bankruptcy law saves viable firms and eliminates inefficient firms. The project will assist policy-makers designing bankruptcy law. The national benefit will be a bankruptcy system that balances the need to give innovating entrepreneurs a second chance against the danger of encouraging too many unprofitable firms to limp on and waste resources.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 07-2006

End Date: 12-2016

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $142,248.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cross-Sectional Analysis | Economic Theory | Microeconomic Theory

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Finance and investment services | Industry policy |

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