Assessing the probability of bankruptcy

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-34

  Hillegeist, Stephen A ^a   Keating, Elizabeth K ^b   Cram, Donald P ^c   Lundstedt, Kyle G ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VaRisk Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy prediction; O Score; Option pricing models; Z Score

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843076403     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RAST.0000013627.90884.b7     Document Type: Article

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