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Bankruptcy-prediction models for Russian enterprises: Specific sector-related characteristics

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Analyzing the accounting reports of 8573 Russian companies, the article determined the threshold values of the indicators for known foreign and domestic bankruptcy probability models for ten sectors of the economy. The developed a ten-factor bankruptcy model is based on sector-specific threshold values and has a relatively high predictive power for the majority of sectors.

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Fedorova, S.E. Dovzhenko, F.Yu. Fedorov, 2016.

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Fedorova, E.A., Dovzhenko, S.E. & Fedorov, F.Y. Bankruptcy-prediction models for Russian enterprises: Specific sector-related characteristics. Stud. Russ. Econ. Dev. 27, 254–261 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075700716030060

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