This paper tests the hypothesis that stress tests are primarily a function of the fundamental financial condition and operating environment of individual banks, rather than alternative adverse economic and financial scenarios imposed by regulators. We develop a novel early warning system based...

How can business leaders make better production and capital investment decisions? How can Wall Street analysts improve their predictions of future stock market values? How can government improve macroeconomic forecasts and policies? In The Power of Profit, Anari and Kolari demonstrate how profit...

ai"The trend is your friend"is a practical principle often used by business managers, who seek to forecast future sales, expenditures, and profitability in order to make production and other operational decisions. The problem is how best to identify and discover business trends and utilize trend...

The Role of Profit in Advanced Market Economies -- Profit System Models of the Firm, Industry, and Business Sector -- A Macroeconomic Profit System Model of Advanced Market Economies -- Profit System Models of the Corporate Sector -- Profit System Models for Industries -- A Profit System Model...