Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable

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When She Fails: Women Entrepreneurs and Gender Gaps in Business Bankruptcy
by Editor
July 7, 2026
By Hosein Maleki (Rutgers Business School), Mahsa Kaviani (University of Delaware), Simi Kedia (Rutgers Business School), and Shaghayegh Pourvosoughi (Rutgers Business School) When She Fails: Women Entrepreneurs and Gender Gaps in Business Bankruptcy studies whether the bankruptcy system delivers different outcomes to female- and male-owned firms and, if so, why. Using a large sample of U.S. small-business bankruptcy filings, we show… Read more: When She Fails: Women Entrepreneurs and Gender Gaps in Business Bankruptcy

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