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Personal Bankruptcy: The WEFA Report on the Financial Costs of Bankruptcy

GGD-98-116R Published: Apr 22, 1998. Publicly Released: Apr 22, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the reasonableness of the assumptions and the reliability of the conclusions of the February 1998 report by the WEFA Group on the financial costs of personal bankruptcy.

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BankruptcyCost analysisData integrityDebtFinancial analysisLossesPersonal liability (legal)Research reportsStatistical dataStatistical methodsDebt repayment