Bankrupt in America
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Mary Eschelbach Hansen, American University; Bradley A. Hansen, University of Mary Washington
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Project Citation:
Hansen, Mary Eschelbach, and Hansen, Bradley A. Bankrupt in America. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116769V1
Project Description
Summary:
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This set of replication files generates tables and figures
for Mary Eschelbach Hansen and Bradley A. Hansen, Bankrupt in America: A History
of Debtors, Their Creditors, and the Law in the Twentieth Century (University
of Chicago Press, 2020). ISBN: 9780226679563.
Funding Sources:
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National Science Foundation. Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SES-1324468);
National Science Foundation. Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SES-1355742);
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2011-6-16);
Institute for New Economic Thinking (Emergency Preservation of Federal Bankruptcy Court Records);
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Endowment for Education;
National Science Foundation (BCS-1039497)
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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bankruptcy;
consumer credit;
law and economics;
garnishment;
usury;
interest groups
Geographic Coverage:
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United States
Time Period(s):
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1898 – 2015
Collection Date(s):
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2011 – 2016
Universe:
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There are two types of data: bankruptcy statistics and bankruptcy court case files. The universe for the bankruptcy statistics is US Federal District Courts. The universe for bankruptcy court case files is households filing for non-business bankruptcy in Missouri from 1898-1930 and in Maryland from 1945-2000.
Data Type(s):
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administrative records data;
aggregate data
Collection Notes:
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The
appendices to the chapters of Bankrupt in America (University of Chicago Press, 2020) serve as the complete user guide
to the data and methods.
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