The influence of the business cycle on bankruptcy probability

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-90

  Hol, Suzan ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy prediction; Financial ratios; Logit model; Macroeconomic environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349219504     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2006.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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