Other Consumer Bankruptcy Data Sources
To the best of our knowledge, the CBP is the only ongoing project that regularly collects demographic and other information about bankruptcy filers using a nationally random sample. The CBP data are confidential. They are not publicly available and cannot be shared with other researchers. Other sources are available for basic data about consumer bankruptcy filings:
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts: Bankruptcy Filings
- American Bankruptcy Institute (log-in required): Bankruptcy Statistics
- Federal Judicial Center: Integrated Database (IDB) – Bankruptcy Data
CBP co-investigators also have conducted their own, separate empirical projects to investigate specific questions about consumer bankruptcy, such as how people fare post-bankruptcy. Some articles based on data from these projects:
- Angela K. Littwin & Robert M. Lawless, Local Legal Culture from R2D2 to Big Data, 96 Texas Law Review 1353 (2018)
- Dov Cohen, Robert M. Lawless & Faith Shin, Opposite of Correct: Inverted Insider Perceptions of Race and Bankruptcy, 91 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 623 (2017)
- Jennifer K. Robbennolt & Robert M. Lawless, Bankrupt Apologies, 10 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 771 (2013)
- Jean Braucher, Dov J. Cohen & Robert M. Lawless, Race, Attorney Influence, and Bankruptcy Chapter Choice, 9 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 393 (2012)
- Katherine Porter, The Pretend Solution: An Empirical Study of Bankruptcy Outcomes, 90 Texas Law Review 103 (2011)
- Katherine Porter, Mistake and Misbehavior in Bankruptcy Mortgage Claims, 87 Texas Law Review 121 (2008)
- Katherine Porter, John Eggum & Tara Twomey, Saving Homes in Bankruptcy: Housing Affordability and Loan Modification, 2008 Utah Law Review 1123 (2008)
- Deborah Thorne & Leon Anderson, Managing the Stigma of Personal Bankruptcy, 39 Sociological Focus 77 (2006)