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Jerome M. Stam
Publications - 6
Citations - 52
Jerome M. Stam is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bankruptcy & Debt. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 6 publications receiving 49 citations.
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Farmer bankruptcies and farm exits in the united states, 1899-2002
Jerome M. Stam,Bruce L. Dixon +1 more
TL;DR: For example, the Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986 as mentioned in this paper became effective on November 26, 1986, in response to the farm financial crisis of the 1980s and some 22,519 bankruptcy cases were filed through 2002, with the highest rate being in 1987.
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Sixteen years of chapter 12 bankruptcy: evolution of filing and disposition rates
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the Chapter 12 bankruptcy filing rates from 1986 to 2001 with farm bankruptcy rates from 1898 1979 and found that a higher proportion of Chapter 12 cases filed in the 1990s failed to receive discharges than the late 1980s.
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Factors Affecting Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Filings in the United States: A Panel Data Model
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Are Farmer Bankruptcies A Good Indicator of Rural Financial Stress
TL;DR: Farmer bankruptcies often are viewed as an important measure of rural economic well-being and of the success or failure of various Federal agricultural and rural policies as mentioned in this paper. But the level of farmer bankruptcies is not a good indicator of rural financial health.
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Do Farmers Need a Separate Chapter in the Bankruptcy Code
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a way to mitigate the costs of bankruptcy by allowing lenders the option of recapturing writedowns in secured debt as asset values increase, which could be used to encourage inefficient farmers to liquidate and efficient farmers to charge off part of their debts under the protection of bankruptcy.