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The Effects of Information Technologies on the Bankruptcy Decision

Jie Yang

Financial Management2026https://doi.org/10.1111/fima.70043article
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ABSTRACT Exploiting the staggered adoptions of electronic systems across 70 bankruptcy courts in the United States, I investigate the impacts of digital transformation on bankruptcy behavior. The digital transformation in bankruptcy courts significantly lowered the cost of filing by enabling debtors to file for bankruptcy online, yet empirical tests show significant drops in bankruptcy filings after the introduction of electronic filing. Heterogeneity analyses support the hypothesis that the information channel plays a key role: in addition to lowering costs, the digital transformation gave debtors access to an online database, thus increasing access to information about a broad range of bankruptcy case documents.

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@article{jie2026,
  title        = {{The Effects of Information Technologies on the Bankruptcy Decision}},
  author       = {Jie Yang},
  journal      = {Financial Management},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/fima.70043},
}

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0.50

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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