The aim of this paper to compare between two statistical methods in predicting corporate financial distress. We will use the PLS (Partial Least-Squares) discriminant analysis and support vector machine (SVM). The PLS discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) regression is a method connecting a qualitative...

In recent years, natural disasters from Hurricane Katrina to the Fukushima earthquake have grabbed the attention of the public, policymakers and academics. In this paper we contribute to this relatively new literature and examine the impact of the 1995 Kobe earthquake on the survival of...