Traditionally, corporate bankruptcy law placed highest priority on the orderly discharge of debts; courts generally ordered failed businesses to pay all creditors a set percentage of the amounts owed. ███
Traditional Approach ·Discharge of debts is top priority
Premise 2 ·No way of assessing vulnerability to loss
Passage Style
Critique or debate
16.
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Question Type
Implied
We can’t anticipate the correct answer, so let’s rely on process of elimination.
a
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The author never gives us information about the chances that a corporation undergoing reorganization will emerge successfully from bankruptcy. Is it 10%? 50% We have no idea.
b
What percentage of █████████████ ███████ ████ ██ █████████ ██ ███████ ██ █████████ ██ ██████ █████████████
The author never gives us information about the percentage of contractually secured debt that is recovered.
c
What arguments does ███████ █████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ██████████ ████
Answered.
d
What kinds of █████████ ███ ████ ██████████ ██ █████████ ██████ ████ █ ███████████ ██████
The author never gives information about which kinds of creditors are “most” vulnerable to financial losses when a corporation fails. In fact, she says that Korobkin doesn’t provide a way to assess the relative vulnerability of people affected by a bankruptcy. We know that suppliers and employees might be affected, but we don’t know who is “most” vulnerable.
e
What are some ██ ███ ██████████████ ████ █████ ██ ██████████ ███████ ████ █████ █ ████ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ █████████ ██ ██████
Regimes that place a high priority on orderly discharge of debts are the traditional regimes. The author never gives us information about the inefficiencies that exist in the traditional regimes. All we know about efficiency is that Jackson argues the traditional regime is efficient.
Difficulty
56% of people who answer get this correct
This is a difficult question.
It is slightly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%148
158
75%168
Analysis
Implied
Critique or debate
Law
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
2%
149
b
1%
149
c
56%
164
d
4%
152
e
37%
156
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