In developed countries, the first studies on forecasting bankruptcy date to the early 20th century. In Central and Eastern Europe, due to, among other factors, the geopolitical situation and the introduced economic system, this issue became the subject of researcher interest only in the 1990s....

This study analyses theoretical aspects of bankruptcy and financial analysis. Analysis of bankruptcy diagnostics is the most important condition for successful company management since the results of economic activity depend on the availability and efficiency of the use of financial resources....

A risk map is a tool, based on various information systems, that aims to identify the activities or processes at risk, quantify the probability of these events and measure the potential damage associated with their occurrence. This kind of map provides three valuable contributions to a Manager:...

This paper offers an exhaustive analysis of the effectiveness of several models and methodologies that are commonly used to forecast financial failure: Linear, MDA, Logit, and artificial neural network. Our main aim is to evaluate their relative strengths and weaknesses, in terms of technical...

Company bankruptcies are an inseparable element of market economy. We may observe the tendency to view bankruptcy as a problem of weak and usually small entities facing problems when trying to meet the challenge posed by strong competition. Big companies, however, also fall, and their bankruptcy...

Banks hold liquid and illiquid assets. An illiquid bank that receives a liquidity shock sells assets to liquid banks in exchange for cash. We characterize the constrained efficient allocation as the solution to a planner's problem and show that the market equilibrium is constrained inefficient,...

Seit 1999 die Insolvenzordnung eingeführt wurde, können sich Privatpersonen, die sich überschuldet haben, in einem Insolvenzverfahren entschulden. Dafür muss der private Schuldner zunächst die sechsjährige Wohlverhaltensphase durchlaufen, während derer sein Einkommen oberhalb einer...

Seit dem letzten Höhepunkt im Jahr 2003 geht die Anzahl der Unternehmensinsolvenzen in Deutschland tendenziell zurück. Eine Ausnahme bilden die Krisenjahre 2008 und 2009. Für 2016 wird mit 22.000 Insolvenzfällen ein neuer Tiefststand seit der Jahrtausendwende erwartet. Der kräftige...

Small businesses, the majority of Spanish firms, rarely file for formal bankruptcy when dealing with financial distress. This is why business bankruptcy rates in Spain are among the lowest in the world, even during the current economic crisis. To explain this fact we present the following...

Die Insolvenz einer großen und stark vernetzten Bank führt zu Verlusten bei anderen Banken und kann das Finanzsystem destabilisieren. Eine stärkere Systemperspektive der Finanzmarktregulierung ist deshalb essentiell. Dieser Artikel analysiert, wie das Problem der Systemrelevanz im bisherigen...