Personal Bankruptcy: The Credit Research Center and Ernst & Young Reports on Debtors' Ability to Pay

T-GGD-98-76 Published: Mar 11, 1998. Publicly Released: Mar 11, 1998.

Highlights

GAO discussed the results of its review of the Credit Research Center report on personal bankruptcy debtors' ability to pay their debts and observations on the February 1998 Ernst & Young report that also examines debtors' ability to pay.

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BankruptcyData integrityDebtDebt collectionFinancial analysisFinancial managementIncome statisticsPayPersonal liability (legal)Proposed legislationStatistical methodsDebt repayment