Identifying failing companies: A reevaluation of the logit, probit and DA approaches

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-364

  Lennox, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Discriminant analysis; Logit; Probit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001766574     PISSN: 00129933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-6195(99)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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