An empirical investigation of firm longevity: A model of the Ex Ante predictors of financial distress

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 323-343

  Turetsky, Howard F ^a   Mcewen, Ruth Ann ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Default; Dividend Reduction; Financial Distress; Firm Longevity; Survival Analysis; Troubled Debt Restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750619285     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011291425075     Document Type: Article

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