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Fall 2013
This thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 tests the hypothesis that income shocks cause bankruptcy. Using a difference-in-difference specification, we exploit an exogenous fiscal payment, paid to Albertans, and find that this payment causes a decrease in bankruptcies, as predicted by the...
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2017-02-01
SSHRC Awarded IDG 2017: Although bankruptcy should not be a side effect of sickness, many Canadians are pushed over this financial precipice by an illness or injury. Public programs, such as the federal employment insurance sickness benefit and provincial workers' compensation programs, are...