Comments on: 2005 Bankruptcy Reform: The Banks Got What They Wanted In More Ways Than One http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/11/2005-bankruptcy-reform-banks-got-what.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:47:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Yves Smith http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/11/2005-bankruptcy-reform-banks-got-what.html#comment-1391 Yves Smith Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:03:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/11/2005-bankruptcy-reform-the-banks-got-what-they-wanted-in-more-ways-than-one/#comment-1391 Lune,<br/><br/>I haven't pulled the NBER article (hate to say it, but would if it was free), so the seeming contradiction may be a fault of the summary made in the NBER Digest. White may indeed have contradicted herself, or perhaps she merely argued that certain tweaks in the new law wouldn't fix the problem. Lune,

I haven’t pulled the NBER article (hate to say it, but would if it was free), so the seeming contradiction may be a fault of the summary made in the NBER Digest. White may indeed have contradicted herself, or perhaps she merely argued that certain tweaks in the new law wouldn’t fix the problem.

]]> By: Lune http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/11/2005-bankruptcy-reform-banks-got-what.html#comment-1390 Lune Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:49:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/11/2005-bankruptcy-reform-the-banks-got-what-they-wanted-in-more-ways-than-one/#comment-1390 Wait, in the first paragraph, White states that the new laws caused lenders to lend more, and in the last paragraph, she says changes in the laws (to make it easier to file bankruptcy) won't help reduce the amount of lending.<br/><br/>Either bankruptcy laws alter lender behavior or they don't. Which one is it? Wait, in the first paragraph, White states that the new laws caused lenders to lend more, and in the last paragraph, she says changes in the laws (to make it easier to file bankruptcy) won’t help reduce the amount of lending.

Either bankruptcy laws alter lender behavior or they don’t. Which one is it?

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