United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-06-21 monographic deposited born digital 96 p. GA 1.13:GGD-99-103 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-103 P0b002ee18038cb1b f:gg99103 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-103 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-103 GGD-99-103 Comparative analysis Financial analysis Bankruptcy Proposed legislation Income statistics Debt Debt collection Personal liability (legal) Statistical methods Letter Report GGD This report compares and evaluates the methodologies used by four reports on bankruptcy debtors' ability to repay their debts--two by Ernst & Young LLP under the sponsorship of VISA and Mastercard, one by Creighton University under the sponsorship of the American Bankruptcy Institute, and one by the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees. These reports focus on a major public policy issue--the amount of income that those who file for personal bankruptcy have available to pay their debts. GAO discusses each report's research methodology for estimating the number of bankruptcy debtors who would be able to pay a portion of their debts and the amount of debt such debtors could repay. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-103/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-103.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-103/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-103.pdf GAO/GGD-99-103 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-103 Letter Report GAO/GGD-99-103; Personal Bankruptcy: Analysis of Four Reports on Chapter 7; Comparative analysis Financial analysis Bankruptcy Proposed legislation Income statistics Debt Debt collection Personal liability (legal) Statistical methods