Research & Publications

Corporate Bankruptcy

Review Articles | Journal Publications

Review Articles

Eckbo, B. Espen and Karin S. Thorburn, 2009, “Bankruptcy as an Auction Process: Lessons from Sweden”, with Karin S. Thorburn, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 21 (3), 36-50. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1387347

Eckbo, B. Espen and Karin S. Thorburn, 2008, “Corporate Restructuring: Breakups and LBOs”, in B. Espen Eckbo (ed.), Handbook of Corporate Finance: Empirical Corporate Finance Volume 2, (Elsevier/North-Holland Handbook of Finance Series), Ch. 16, 431-496. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1133153

Reprinted in B. Espen Eckbo (ed.), Corporate Takeovers: Modern Empirical Developments, Volume 1, (Elsevier), 2010.

Eckbo, B. Espen and Karin S. Thorburn, 2000, “Are Mandatory Bankruptcy Auctions More Efficient?” in B. Green (ed.), Risk Behavior and Risk Management in Business Life (Kluwer Academic Publ.), 288-295.

 

Journal Publications

Eckbo, B. Espen, Kai Li and Wei Wang, 2023, “Loans to Chapter 11 Firms: Contract Design,   Repayment Risk, and Pricing”, Journal of Law and Economics 66, 465-509. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3384389

Eckbo, B. Espen, Karin S. Thorburn and Wei Wang, 2016, “How Costly is Corporate Bankruptcy for the CEO?” Journal of Financial Economics 121, 210-229. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2138778

Eckbo, B. Espen, 2010, “Banking System Bailout – Scandinavian Style,” Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 22 (3), 85-93. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1674933

Eckbo, B. Espen and Karin S. Thorburn, 2009, “Creditor Financing and Overbidding in Bankruptcy
Auctions: Theory and Tests”, Journal of Corporate Finance 15, 10-29. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=635643#

Eckbo, B. Espen and Karin S. Thorburn, 2008, “Automatic Bankruptcy Auctions and Fire-Sales”,
Journal of Financial Economics 89, 404-422. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1328964

Eckbo, B. Espen and Karin S. Thorburn 2003, “Control Benefits and CEO Discipline in Automatic Bankruptcy Auctions”, Journal of Financial Economics 69, 227-258. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=318488