A competing risks analysis of firms' exit

Empirical Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 281-304

  Esteve Pérez, Silviano ^a,b   Sanchis Llopis, Amparo ^a   Sanchis Llopis, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Economía Edificio Departamental Oriental Desp 1 C11   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Competing risks hazards model; Exit; Liquidation

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; MERGER; MODEL TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 77951100454     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-009-0266-x     Document Type: Article

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