Bankruptcy classification errors in the 1980s: an empirical analysis of altman's and ohlson's models

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-284

  Begley, Joy ^a   Ming, Jin ^b   Watts, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 53349152341     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00570833     Document Type: Article

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