Bankruptcy risk and productive efficiency in manufacturing firms

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2099-2120

  Becchetti, Leonardo ^a   Sierra, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy prediction; Qualitative indicators; Stochastic frontiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141464998     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(02)00319-9     Document Type: Article

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