The Impact of Bankruptcy Exemptions for Retirement Assets

When filing for personal bankruptcy, an individual can, in almost all cases, claim an exemption for retirement assets.  Using the Survey of Consumer Finances from 2007 and 2010, we test the theory that highly educated or financially sophisticated households allocate more resources to retirement asse...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Matthew
Other Authors: Agricultural and Applied Economics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/22080