Adjusting financial ratios: A Bayesian analysis of the Spanish manufacturing sector

Omega

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 185-195

  Gallizo, José Luis ^a   Jiménez, Fernando ^a   Salvador, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Financial ratios; Gibbs sampling; Hierarchical models; Partial adjustment

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; FINANCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFERENCE ENGINES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODELLING; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; ERRORS CORRECTION; FINANCIAL RATIOS; GIBBS SAMPLING; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; MODEL-BASED OPC; PARTIAL ADJUSTMENT;

ERROR CORRECTION;

EID: 0036267562     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(02)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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