Bharath and Shumway (2008) provide evidence that shows that it is the functional form of Merton's (1974) distance to default (DD) model that makes it useful and important for predicting defaults. In this paper, we investigate whether the default predictability of the Merton DD model would be...

In mid 2020 people vigorously debated which Corona virus-management strategy should be implemented - "total Lockdown", "Partial Lockdown" or "do Nothing". For success, the chosen strategy would need considerable public support. So here we demonstrate how support, or otherwise, could have been...

This paper aims to clarify the influence of changing both the sample size and selection of financial ratios in bankruptcy models accuracy of companies listed in the industrial sector of Jordan. The study sample is divided into three sub-samples counting 6, 10 and 14 companies respectively; each...

Marketing researchers are increasingly taking advantage of the instrumental variable (IV)-free Gaussian copula approach. They use this method to identify and correct endogeneity when estimating regression models with non-experimental data. The Gaussian copula approach's original presentation and...