一、问题的提出:2008年美国雷曼兄弟破产案2008年9月15日,有着158年历史、堪称华尔街代表的雷曼兄弟公司(Lehman Brothers)根据美国《破产法》第11章正式提出破产申请。雷曼兄弟创立于1850年,是美国第四大投资银行,是美国不动产市场上最大资产支持债券承销商,其债务总额达6130亿美元,有超过10万个债权人,其中最大的是花旗集团。雷曼兄弟负责14%的伦敦股票交易,12%的纽约债券交易,以 I. PROBLEM PROBLEMS: Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy in 2008 On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers, a 158-year-old representative of Wall Street, formally proposed Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code Bankruptcy application. Founded in 1850, Lehman Brothers is the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States and the largest asset-backed bond underwriter in the U.S. real estate market with debt of $ 612 billion and over 100,000 creditors, the largest of which is Citigroup. Lehman Brothers is responsible for 14% of the London stock exchange, 12% of the New York bond transactions