Credit risk estimation using payment history data: A comparative study of Turkish retail stores

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 479-494

  Karan, Mehmet Baha ^a   Ulucan, Aydin ^a   Kaya, Mustafa ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Credit risk; Logistic regression; Multiple criteria decision analysis; Trade credit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874795878     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-012-0242-y     Document Type: Article

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