Melissa B. Jacoby

In or Out of Mortgage Trouble? A Study of Bankrupt Homeowners (with Daniel T. McCue and Eric M. Belsky), American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2011)

We examine the determinants of missed payments and foreclosure initiation among a national sample of...

Making Debtor Remedies More Effective (2010)

Commissioned for a conference on credit markets at Harvard Business School in February 2010, this...

The Value(s) of Foreclosure Law Reform, Pepperdine Law Review (2010)

This symposium contribution examines the starkly different values reflected in traditional legal literature on foreclosure...

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Bankruptcy Reform and the Financial Crisis, North Carolina Banking Institute (2009)

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Empirical and Policy Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy Law in the United States (in ENDEUDAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR E INSOLVENCIA FAMILIAR) (2009)

This chapter, published in Spanish, offers new empirical data from the U.S. on consumer bankruptcy...

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Home Mortgage Problems Through the Lens of Bankruptcy, Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law (2009)

Based on a lecture at a predatory lending conference at Loyola University New Orleans School...

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Home Ownership Beyond a Subprime Crisis: The Role of Delinquency Management, Fordham Law Review (2008)

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Bankruptcy Reform and Homeownership Risk, University of Illinois Law Review (2007)

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Identifying and Managing Household Risk: Lessons from Bankruptcy (2005)

This is a contribution to a web symposium hosted by the Social Science Research Counsel...

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Dodd-Frank, Regulatory Innovation, and the Safety of Consumer Financial Products, North Carolina Banking Institute Journal (2011)

Among the many parts of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, few...

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In or Out of Mortgage Trouble? A Study of Bankrupt Homeowners (with Daniel T. McCue and Eric M. Belsky), American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2011)

We examine the determinants of missed payments and foreclosure initiation among a national sample of...

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Credit for Motherhood, North Carolina Law Review (2010)

This essay builds on prior work exploring the impact of consumer lenders who sell credit...

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Managing Medical Bills on the Brink of Bankruptcy (with Mirya Holman), Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics (2010)

This paper presents original empirical evidence on financial interactions between medical providers and their patients...

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The Value(s) of Foreclosure Law Reform, Pepperdine Law Review (2010)

This symposium contribution examines the starkly different values reflected in traditional legal literature on foreclosure...

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Empirical and Policy Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy Law in the United States (in ENDEUDAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR E INSOLVENCIA FAMILIAR) (2009)

This chapter, published in Spanish, offers new empirical data from the U.S. on consumer bankruptcy...

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Individual Health Insurance Mandates and Financial Distress: A Few Notes from the Debtor-Creditor Research and Debates, University of Kansas Law Review (2007)

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The Debtor-Patient Revisited, Saint Louis University Law Journal (2007)

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Bankruptcy Reform and the Cost of Sickness: Exploring the Intersections, University of Missouri Law Review (2006)

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Beyond Hospital Misbehavior: An Alternative Account of Medical Related Financial Distress (with Elizabeth Warren), Northwestern Law Review (2006)

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Not-for-Profit Hospital Billing and Collection: Resisting Quick Legal Fixes, American Heart Hospital Journal (2005)

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Congressional Testimony: A Review of Hospital Billing and Collection Practices, Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives (2004)

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The Debtor-Patient: In Search of Non-Debt Alternatives, Brooklyn Law Review (2004)

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Generosity versus Accessibility: Bankruptcy, Consumer Credit, and Health Care Finance in the U.S., Consumer Bankruptcy in Global Perspective (2003)

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Does Indebtedness Influence Health? A Preliminary Inquiry, Journal of Law Medicine and Ethics (2002)

Winner of the Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics

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Collecting Debts from the Ill and Injured; The Rhetorical Significance, but Practical Irrelevance, of Culpability and Ability to Pay, American University Law Review (2001)

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Rethinking the Debates over Health Care Financing: Evidence from the Bankruptcy Courts (with Teresa A. Sullivan and Elizabeth Warren), New York University Law Review (2001)

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Medical Problems and Bankruptcy Filings (with Teresa A. Sullivan and Elizabeth Warren), Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (2000)

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Presentation: Odious Debt and Commercial Law Principles: Some Skepticism, Duke Law School Symposium on Odious Debt and State Corruption (2007)

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Fast, Cheap, and Creditor Controlled: Is Corporate Reorganization Failing?, Buffalo Law Review (2006)

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Prepacks and the Deal-Litigation Tension, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (2004)

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The Bankruptcy Code at Twenty-Five and the Next Generation of Lawmaking, American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2004)

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Making Debtor Remedies More Effective (2010)

Commissioned for a conference on credit markets at Harvard Business School in February 2010, this...

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Managing Medical Bills on the Brink of Bankruptcy (with Mirya Holman), Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics (2010)

This paper presents original empirical evidence on financial interactions between medical providers and their patients...

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Bankruptcy Reform and the Financial Crisis, North Carolina Banking Institute (2009)

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Empirical and Policy Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy Law in the United States (in ENDEUDAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR E INSOLVENCIA FAMILIAR) (2009)

This chapter, published in Spanish, offers new empirical data from the U.S. on consumer bankruptcy...

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Bankruptcy Reform and Homeownership Risk, University of Illinois Law Review (2007)

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Bankruptcy Reform and the Cost of Sickness: Exploring the Intersections, University of Missouri Law Review (2006)

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Identifying and Managing Household Risk: Lessons from Bankruptcy (2005)

This is a contribution to a web symposium hosted by the Social Science Research Counsel...

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Ripple or Revolution? The Indeterminacy of Statutory Bankruptcy Reform, American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2005)

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Negotiating Bankruptcy Legislation Through the News Media, Houston Law Review (2004)

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Review Essay on Comparative Consumer Insolvency Regimes (by Jacob Ziegel, 2003), Canadian Business Law Journal (2004)

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The Bankruptcy Code at Twenty-Five and the Next Generation of Lawmaking, American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2004)

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The Real Bankruptcy Bill, The National Law Journal (2003)

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Collecting Debts from the Ill and Injured; The Rhetorical Significance, but Practical Irrelevance, of Culpability and Ability to Pay, American University Law Review (2001)

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Foreclosing on Fame: Exploring the Uncharted Boundaries of the Right of Publicity (with Dianne Leenheer Zimmerman), New York University Law Review (2002)

Auctioning Kim Basinger: The Imminent Collision of Bankruptcy and the "Right of Publicity", Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (2001)

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Making Debtor Remedies More Effective (2010)

Commissioned for a conference on credit markets at Harvard Business School in February 2010, this...

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Bankruptcy Reform and the Financial Crisis, North Carolina Banking Institute (2009)

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Fast, Cheap, and Creditor Controlled: Is Corporate Reorganization Failing?, Buffalo Law Review (2006)

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Ripple or Revolution? The Indeterminacy of Statutory Bankruptcy Reform, American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2005)

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The Bankruptcy Code at Twenty-Five and the Next Generation of Lawmaking, American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2004)

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Empirical and Policy Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy Law in the United States (in ENDEUDAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR E INSOLVENCIA FAMILIAR) (2009)

This chapter, published in Spanish, offers new empirical data from the U.S. on consumer bankruptcy...

Link

Review Essay on Comparative Consumer Insolvency Regimes (by Jacob Ziegel, 2003), Canadian Business Law Journal (2004)

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Generosity versus Accessibility: Bankruptcy, Consumer Credit, and Health Care Finance in the U.S., Consumer Bankruptcy in Global Perspective (2003)

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Credit for Motherhood, North Carolina Law Review (2010)

This essay builds on prior work exploring the impact of consumer lenders who sell credit...

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The Debt Financing of Parenthood, Law and Contemporary Problems (2009)

In this contribution to the symposium Show Me the Money: Making Markets in Forbidden Exchange,...

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Dodd-Frank, Regulatory Innovation, and the Safety of Consumer Financial Products, North Carolina Banking Institute Journal (2011)

Among the many parts of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, few...

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In or Out of Mortgage Trouble? A Study of Bankrupt Homeowners (with Daniel T. McCue and Eric M. Belsky), American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2011)

We examine the determinants of missed payments and foreclosure initiation among a national sample of...

SelectedWorks of Melissa B. Jacoby

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Bankruptcy and Home Mortgage Delinquency

In or Out of Mortgage Trouble? A Study of Bankrupt Homeowners (with Daniel T. McCue and Eric M. Belsky), American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2011)

Making Debtor Remedies More Effective (2010)

The Value(s) of Foreclosure Law Reform, Pepperdine Law Review (2010)

Bankruptcy Reform and the Financial Crisis, North Carolina Banking Institute (2009)

Empirical and Policy Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy Law in the United States (in ENDEUDAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR E INSOLVENCIA FAMILIAR) (2009)

Home Mortgage Problems Through the Lens of Bankruptcy, Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law (2009)

Home Ownership Beyond a Subprime Crisis: The Role of Delinquency Management, Fordham Law Review (2008)

Bankruptcy Reform and Homeownership Risk, University of Illinois Law Review (2007)

Identifying and Managing Household Risk: Lessons from Bankruptcy (2005)

Bankruptcy, Debt, and Health

Dodd-Frank, Regulatory Innovation, and the Safety of Consumer Financial Products, North Carolina Banking Institute Journal (2011)

In or Out of Mortgage Trouble? A Study of Bankrupt Homeowners (with Daniel T. McCue and Eric M. Belsky), American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2011)

Credit for Motherhood, North Carolina Law Review (2010)

Managing Medical Bills on the Brink of Bankruptcy (with Mirya Holman), Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics (2010)

The Value(s) of Foreclosure Law Reform, Pepperdine Law Review (2010)

Empirical and Policy Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy Law in the United States (in ENDEUDAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR E INSOLVENCIA FAMILIAR) (2009)

Individual Health Insurance Mandates and Financial Distress: A Few Notes from the Debtor-Creditor Research and Debates, University of Kansas Law Review (2007)

The Debtor-Patient Revisited, Saint Louis University Law Journal (2007)

Bankruptcy Reform and the Cost of Sickness: Exploring the Intersections, University of Missouri Law Review (2006)

Beyond Hospital Misbehavior: An Alternative Account of Medical Related Financial Distress (with Elizabeth Warren), Northwestern Law Review (2006)

Not-for-Profit Hospital Billing and Collection: Resisting Quick Legal Fixes, American Heart Hospital Journal (2005)

Congressional Testimony: A Review of Hospital Billing and Collection Practices, Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives (2004)

The Debtor-Patient: In Search of Non-Debt Alternatives, Brooklyn Law Review (2004)

Generosity versus Accessibility: Bankruptcy, Consumer Credit, and Health Care Finance in the U.S., Consumer Bankruptcy in Global Perspective (2003)

Does Indebtedness Influence Health? A Preliminary Inquiry, Journal of Law Medicine and Ethics (2002)

Collecting Debts from the Ill and Injured; The Rhetorical Significance, but Practical Irrelevance, of Culpability and Ability to Pay, American University Law Review (2001)

Rethinking the Debates over Health Care Financing: Evidence from the Bankruptcy Courts (with Teresa A. Sullivan and Elizabeth Warren), New York University Law Review (2001)

Medical Problems and Bankruptcy Filings (with Teresa A. Sullivan and Elizabeth Warren), Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (2000)

Corporate Reorganization

Presentation: Odious Debt and Commercial Law Principles: Some Skepticism, Duke Law School Symposium on Odious Debt and State Corruption (2007)

Fast, Cheap, and Creditor Controlled: Is Corporate Reorganization Failing?, Buffalo Law Review (2006)

Prepacks and the Deal-Litigation Tension, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (2004)

The Bankruptcy Code at Twenty-Five and the Next Generation of Lawmaking, American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2004)

Legislative Process and Bankruptcy

Making Debtor Remedies More Effective (2010)

Managing Medical Bills on the Brink of Bankruptcy (with Mirya Holman), Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics (2010)

Bankruptcy Reform and the Financial Crisis, North Carolina Banking Institute (2009)

Empirical and Policy Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy Law in the United States (in ENDEUDAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR E INSOLVENCIA FAMILIAR) (2009)

Bankruptcy Reform and Homeownership Risk, University of Illinois Law Review (2007)

Bankruptcy Reform and the Cost of Sickness: Exploring the Intersections, University of Missouri Law Review (2006)

Identifying and Managing Household Risk: Lessons from Bankruptcy (2005)

Ripple or Revolution? The Indeterminacy of Statutory Bankruptcy Reform, American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2005)

Negotiating Bankruptcy Legislation Through the News Media, Houston Law Review (2004)

Review Essay on Comparative Consumer Insolvency Regimes (by Jacob Ziegel, 2003), Canadian Business Law Journal (2004)

The Bankruptcy Code at Twenty-Five and the Next Generation of Lawmaking, American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2004)

The Real Bankruptcy Bill, The National Law Journal (2003)

Collecting Debts from the Ill and Injured; The Rhetorical Significance, but Practical Irrelevance, of Culpability and Ability to Pay, American University Law Review (2001)

Intellectual Property and Bankruptcy

Foreclosing on Fame: Exploring the Uncharted Boundaries of the Right of Publicity (with Dianne Leenheer Zimmerman), New York University Law Review (2002)

Auctioning Kim Basinger: The Imminent Collision of Bankruptcy and the "Right of Publicity", Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (2001)

Judicial Behavior - Bankruptcy Courts

Making Debtor Remedies More Effective (2010)

Bankruptcy Reform and the Financial Crisis, North Carolina Banking Institute (2009)

Fast, Cheap, and Creditor Controlled: Is Corporate Reorganization Failing?, Buffalo Law Review (2006)

Ripple or Revolution? The Indeterminacy of Statutory Bankruptcy Reform, American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2005)

The Bankruptcy Code at Twenty-Five and the Next Generation of Lawmaking, American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2004)

Comparative Insolvency Regimes

Empirical and Policy Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy Law in the United States (in ENDEUDAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR E INSOLVENCIA FAMILIAR) (2009)

Review Essay on Comparative Consumer Insolvency Regimes (by Jacob Ziegel, 2003), Canadian Business Law Journal (2004)

Generosity versus Accessibility: Bankruptcy, Consumer Credit, and Health Care Finance in the U.S., Consumer Bankruptcy in Global Perspective (2003)

Parenthood Market

Credit for Motherhood, North Carolina Law Review (2010)

The Debt Financing of Parenthood, Law and Contemporary Problems (2009)

Consumer Financial Protection

Dodd-Frank, Regulatory Innovation, and the Safety of Consumer Financial Products, North Carolina Banking Institute Journal (2011)

In or Out of Mortgage Trouble? A Study of Bankrupt Homeowners (with Daniel T. McCue and Eric M. Belsky), American Bankruptcy Law Journal (2011)