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Research Papers

Carl Marks Student Paper Competition

First-place papers

• 2009 Case Study Category: "Restructuring Pilgrim’s Pride" 
• 2008 Theoretical/Conceptual Category: "Bankruptcy’s Section 1113 - Rejection of a Collective Bargaining Agreement: The Court’s Diminution of Labor’s Prerogative and Legal and Economic Arguments for its Reassertion"
• 2008 Case Study Category: "Circuit City: An LBO Candidate" 
• 2007 Theoretical/Conceptual Category: "Bankruptcy Implications of Second Lien Loans"
• 2007 Case Study Category: "Pier 1: Company Analysis and Restructuring Plan"
• 2006 Theoretical/Conceptual Category: "The Role of the Institutional Environment in Corporate Failure and Restructuring"
• 2006 Case Study Category: "Albertson’s Turnaround"
• 2005 "Characteristics of Successful Chapter 11 Reorganizations"
• 2004 "The European Distressed and Defaulted Debt Market"

Second-place papers

• 2009 Case Study Category: "Salem Communications Corporation Restructuring Plan"  
• 2008 Case Study Category: "The City Revival Plan: Circuit City Analysis and Restructuring" 
• 2007 Case Study Category: "Turnaround Analysis of Trump Entertainment Resorts"
• 2006 Case Study Category: "RadioShack"
• 2005 "Six Flags"
• 2004 "Marvel Comics Turnaround"
  

* Student papers express the opinions of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the directors, officers or members of the TMA.

 

2006 Global Educational Symposium - Call for Papers Winners

• First Place: "Time Varying Liquidity Risk and the Cross Section of Stock Returns"
• Second Place: "Determinants of Global Financial System Liquidity"
• Third Place: "Mr. Market and the Chocolate Cake: How Self Interest Promotes Fair Dealing in Corporate Restructuring Cases"