An error component logit analysis of corporate bankruptcy and insolvency risk in Australia

Economic Record

Volumn 83, Issue 260, 2007, Pages 86-103

  Hensher, David A ^a   Jones, Stewart ^b   Greene, William H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846904285     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2007.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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