This study investigates the ability of three versions of Altman's Z-Score model (Z, Z', and Z”) of distress prediction developed in the U.S. to predict the corporate distress in the emerging market of Sri Lanka. The results show that these models have a remarkable degree of accuracy in...

This study analyzes price behavior of stocks listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in Sri Lanka using daily closing prices of two indices, the All Share Price Index and the Sensitive Price Index, over the period January 1985 through December 1995. Results documented in the current study...