Restructuring and Distressed Debt:
Research and Thesis Library

This page compiles academic and practitioner research on corporate restructuring, distressed debt, and bankruptcy.

The goal is to build a single, growing reference library for students, practitioners, and researchers working in this space.

New submissions are always encouraged. If you have a completed paper or thesis you would like to see featured on this page, please send it to [email protected].

To facilitate our review of new submissions, please only send finished work.

DIP Financing

Skeel (2004) — The Past, Present and Future of Debtor-in-Possession Financing
Ernest (2026) — Financing the Turnaround: DIP Financing and Corporate Restructuring

Valuation & Priority in Bankruptcy

Baird (2016) — Priority Matters: Absolute Priority, Relative Priority, And The Costs Of Bankruptcy
Simkovic (2016) — The Evolution of Valuation in Bankruptcy
Roe (2024) — Bankruptcy's Turn to Market Value

Sponsor Control, Coercion & Reorganization Dynamics

Buccola (2022) — Sponsor Control: A New Paradigm for Corporate Reorganization
Buccola (2024) — Getting to Yes: The Role of Coercion in Debt Renegotiations
Mayer (2025) — Reorganization By Force

Distressed Investing & Liability Management

Moyer (2012) — A Primer on Distressed Investing: Buying Companies by Acquiring Their Debt
Rotaru (2026) — Liability Management's Limited Runway: Corporate Restructuring Today

Restructuring and Distressed Debt: Research and Thesis Library

DIP Financing

Valuation & Priority in Bankruptcy

Sponsor Control, Coercion & Reorganization Dynamics

Distressed Investing & Liability Management

Restructuring and Distressed Debt:
Research and Thesis Library