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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

How Liable Should a Lender Be? The Case of Judgment-Proof Firms and Environmental Risk: Comment

  • Tracy R. Lewis
  • David E. M. Sappington
American Economic Review
vol. 91, no. 3, June 2001
(pp. 724–730)
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Citation

Lewis, Tracy, R., and David E. M. Sappington. 2001. "How Liable Should a Lender Be? The Case of Judgment-Proof Firms and Environmental Risk: Comment." American Economic Review, 91 (3): 724–730. DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.3.724

JEL Classification

  • K13 Tort Law and Product Liability
  • Q28 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy
  • G33 Bankruptcy; Liquidation
  • K32 Environmental, Health, and Safety Law