Forecasting Bankruptcy More Accurately: A Simple Hazard Model

I argue that hazard models are more appropriate than single‐period models for forecasting bankruptcy. Single‐period models are inconsistent, while hazard models produce consistent estimates. I describe a simple technique for estimating a discrete‐time hazard model. I find that about half of the acco...

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Published in:The Journal of business (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 2001-01, Vol.74 (1), p.101-124
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Business structures
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Health hazards
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Financial performance
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Health hazards
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Probability forecasts
Static modeling
Statistical forecasts
Studies
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