This thesis examines the determinants of corporate performance and likelihood of default of Jordanian publicly listed companies. Despite the large body of work that has investigated the determinants of corporate performance and default, no comprehensive study has emerged in an emerging market....

An important assumption underlying traditional theories of financial time-series behaviour is that consecutive changes in the price of an asset (ie. asset returns) are independent of each other. For analysts seeking to predict the future value of an asset, this implies that the best step-ahead...

This paper aims to investigate the factors that affect the probability of default for the Jordanian companies. A LPM, LOGIT and PROBIT models are used to outline the relationship between firm's financial health and the probability of default. A comparison between these three models is made...