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This paper proposes a rating methodology that is based on a non-linear classification method, the support vector machine, and a non-parametric technique for mapping rating scores into probabilities of default. We give an introduction to underlying statistical models and represent the results of...
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during the period 1977-87. Descriptive statistics from the data are used to characterize the0501n features of the bankruptcy … process in Canada. Firms in bankruptcy or in reorganization are typically small firms; the former being significantly smaller … than the latter. The data shows that firms in bankruptcy are in significantly worse financial condition than firms in …
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The0501n objective of the new Bankruptcy Act (Bill C-22) is to promote the use of financial reorganization in order to …, that there are several reasons to believe that encouraging firms that would otherwise have opted for bankruptcy to …
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specific risks. There are many reasons to use nonlinear techniques for predicting bankruptcy from financial ratios. Here we … the Creditreform database. The results reveal that the most important eight predictors related to bankruptcy for these …
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discussion of the solutions to financial distress with a particular emphazis on the use of the bankruptcy law. We discuss the … functionning of the Canadian bankruptcy law, the problems arising from the use of legal frameworks such as those prevailing in …
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In many economic applications it is desirable to make future predictions about the financial status of a company. The focus of predictions is mainly if a company will default or not. A support vector machine (SVM) is one learning method which uses historical data to establish a classification...
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This study analyses credit default risk for firms in the Asian and Pacific region by applying two methodologies: a Support Vector Machine (SVM) and a logistic regression (Logit). Among different financial ratios suggested as predictors of default, leverage ratios and the company size display a...
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Under the assumption that asset markets are incomplete, this paper introduces bankruptcy in an intertemporal … argues that intervention in the form of a level of bankruptcy exemption can enhance not only social welfare but also … distributive equity. The bankruptcy law is carefully specified in the model. The model generates distributional changes in …
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general equilibrium model. Binding ceilings on loan rates reduce the probability of bankruptcy. Lower bankruptcy rates result … in lower bankruptcy and liquidation costs. The authors state conditions under which the resources freed by this cost …
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. Furthermore, Canadian data yield no support for the claim that problems with bankruptcy law result from an over-abundance of small … dernière décennie, le Chapitre 11 du U.S. Bankruptcy Code a été l'objet de critiques importantes de la part de juristes et d …
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