Distressed firm valuation is a very complicated subject that has involved corporate finance literature and practice since a long time. Despite the topic's relevance, contributions have been few and confined to stating only critical issues and proposing rather abstract solutions, seldom leading...

Shared concerns about their firm's financial condition by managers, stockholders, lenders and employees create continual inquiries and recurrent attempts to answer the incessant question about how financial distress can be predicted or what reveals the bankruptcy of firms. Despite numerous...