A Market-Based Framework for Bankruptcy Prediction

Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling · Journal of Financial Economics · 1976 · 70.7K citations

Management, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +16

A new look at the statistical model identification

Hirotugu Akaike · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control · 1974 · 50.7K citations · Full text

Business, Biostatistics, Statistical Modeling +9

The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities

Fischer Black, Myron S. Scholes · Journal of Political Economy · 1973 · 29.4K citations

Business, Economics, Finance +13

FINANCIAL RATIOS, DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS AND THE PREDICTION OF CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY

Edward I. Altman · The Journal of Finance · 1968 · 13.6K citations

Business, Business Economics, Finance +16

ON THE PRICING OF CORPORATE DEBT: THE RISK STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES*

Robert C. Merton · The Journal of Finance · 1974 · 11K citations · Full text

Business, Finance, Asset Pricing +16