A multivariate study of Spanish bond ratings

Omega

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 451-462

  Mar Molinero, C ^a   Apellaniz Gomez, P ^b   Serrano Cinca, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bond ratings; Financial ratios; Multidimensional scaling; Spanish banking system

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FINANCE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PROFITABILITY; SPAIN;

BANKING SYSTEMS; BOND RATINGS; FINANCIAL INFORMATION; FINANCIAL RATIOS; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; PROFIT AND LOSS; PROPERTY; SPANISH BANKING SYSTEM;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS;

BANK SYSTEM; BANK(INSTITUTION); FINANCIAL POLICY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030201219     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0483(96)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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