Prediction of bank financial strength ratings: The case of Turkey

Economic Modelling

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 632-640

  Öǧüt, Hulisi ^a   Doǧanay, M Mete ^b   Ceylan, Nildaǧ Başak ^c   Aktaş, Ramazan ^a  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b CANKAYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YILDIRIM BEYAZIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bank financial strength rating; Data mining technique; Financial and operational ratios; Multivariate statistical model; Rating agencies; Rating prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858744806     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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