Tests of the generalizability of Altman’s bankruptcy prediction model

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-61

  Grice, John Stephen ^a   Ingram, Robert W ^b  

^a Troy State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Generalizability; Z score model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041370142     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(00)00126-0     Document Type: Article

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