Purpose – The purpose is to explore the differences and similarities between fraudulent financial reporting detection and business failure prediction (BFP) models, especially in terms of which explanatory variables and methodologies are most effective. Design/methodology/approach – In total,...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to develop a model that can predict financial distress amongst public listed companies in Malaysia using the logistic regression analysis. Design/methodology/approach – The logistic regression analysis used in this paper is geared towards developing a...

This paper examines the effects of credit availability on small firm survivability over the period 2004 to 2008 for non-publicly traded small enterprises. Using data from the 2003 Survey of Small Business Finances, we develop failure prediction models for a sample of small firms that were...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to put forward an innovative approach for reducing the variation between Type I and Type II errors in the context of ratio-based modeling of corporate collapse, without compromising the accuracy of the predictive model. Its contribution to the literature...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of charter type (national vs state), holding company structure, and measures of bank fragility on the likelihood of bank failure during the late 2000s financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach – The study estimates a series of logit...

Testimony before the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform, U.S. House of Representatives.

Remarks at the Clearing House's Second Annual Business Meeting and Conference, New York City.

Remarks at the Global Economic Policy Forum, New York City.

Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue, Brussels, Belgium.