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Measuring Ratings Accuracy Using the Average Default Position

Mann, Christopher - 2023

Credit risk is often summarized by ordinal rating systems employed by credit rating agencies or bank credit departments. Assessing the power and utility of those rating systems is obviously important but can be quite challenging to demonstrate and to explain.This brief note contributes a new...

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Financial Fragility in Open-Ended Mutual Funds : The Role of Liquidity Management Tools

Dunne, Peter G.; Emter, Lorenz; Fecht, Falko; Giuliana, … - 2023

We study the role of liquidity management tools (LMTs) in mitigating ﬁnancial fragility in investment funds during the …

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A Primer on Distressed Investing : Buying Companies by Acquiring Their Debt

Moyer, Stephen G.; Martin, David; Martin, John - 2023

Distress or vulture investing requires a high level of business acumen combined with deep knowledge of accounting, finance, and corporate and restructuring law. In this paper, the authors provide a pedagogical discussion of an important - and socially beneficial - kind of vulture investing...

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Assessing Corporate Performance in Latin America : The Potency of Logistic Regression and Random Forest for Predicting Financial Distress

Barboza, Flavio; Altman, Edward I. - 2023

Latin America is a growing financial market. The performance of its private sector corporations is critical, as inadequate performance and financial distress can result in losses for many people. This study analyses the efficacy of Logistic Regression (LR) and Random Forest (RF) techniques for...

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Bankruptcy and Delinquency in a Model of Unsecured Debt

Athreya, Kartik B.; Sanchez, Juan M.; Tam, Xuan S.; … - 2023

This paper documents and interprets a fact central to the dynamics of informal consumer debt default: delinquency does not mean a persistent cessation of payment. In particular, we observe that for individuals 60 to 90 days late on payments, (i) 85% make payments during the next quarter to avoid...

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Fintech, Bank Diversification and Liquidity : Evidence from China

Tang, Mengxuan; Hu, Yang; Corbet, Shaen; Hou, Yang; … - 2023

This research investigates the influence of Fintech development upon bank diversification and liquidity in China … Fintech development index, which is used to test for specific liquidity and diversification influence across the Chinese … banking industry. Our results provide robust empirical evidence that the development of Fintech reduces bank liquidity …

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Strategic CSR in Highly Distressed Firms : Evidence in Bankruptcy-Filing Firms

Tsai, Wen-Hsin - 2023

This paper explores whether and how corporate social responsibility behavior affects firm value in highly distressed firms. Our results show that sustainability activity is a powerful instrument by which to strategically prevent damage to the company in the form of liquidation risk. Stronger...

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Good Debt, Bad Debt : Family Debt Portfolios and Financial Burdens

Yao, Rui; Xiao, Jing-jian - 2023

In recent decades, research on consumer debt and wellbeing is emerging. However, research on the potential effect of debt portfolios on family financial wellbeing is limited. The purpose of this study is to fill this research gap by examining the potential effect of debt portfolios on family...

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Financial Capability and Informal Bankruptcy : Comparing Student Loan Holders and Non-Holders

Yao, Rui - 2023

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the association between financial capability and informal bankruptcy, especially among families in which the respondent and/or spouse borrowed student loans to fund their own education and families that did not have such...

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Does Better Liquidity for Large Orders Attract Institutional Investors and Analysts?Evidence from the Tick Size Pilot Program

Deng, Mengdie; Lin, Tse-Chun; Zhou, Jiayu - 2023

Based on SEC’s Tick Size Pilot Program, we hypothesize and find that the improved liquidity for large orders … larger tick size during the pilot program. The effect is concentrated among firms with lower liquidity for large orders ex …

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