Freedman and Medoff looked at effects on profits (and concluded that the
profit effects almost exactly offset the productivity differences), but
I don't know of any study of bankruptcy. I've seen a study that showed
that union firms have higher debt-equity ratios. - - Bill

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I didn't know the answer to this.  Does anyone else?
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                        Prof. Bryan Caplan                
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