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Bankruptcy risk prediction models based on artificial neural networks

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  • Doina PRODAN-PALADE

    (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania)

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The purpose of this research is to study the ability of artificial neural networks to forecast the companies’ risk of financial distress. We predicted the bankruptcy risk using the associated financial ratios (overall liquidity ratio and the overall solvency ratio) and two artificial neural network models based on the backpropagation algorithm. The proposed models were implemented and tested using the PyBrain software and have been applied to 55 companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange during 2010-2014. After a total of 19,944 iterations for the learning stage, the two algorithms converged and the errors obtained during the tests reached the fixed target. The empirical results showed that the artificial neural network models are efficient and reliable in detecting the risk of bankruptcy. The artificial neural networks are very useful in economic analysis when the complexity of data makes it difficult to implement functions that proper describe the link between economic variables. The use of the neural networks method for predicting the risk of bankruptcy is less common in Romania. This study intends to fill this gap in the literature and we believe it could be of interest not only for the companies listed on the stock exchange, but also for investors, shareholders and banks.

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  • Doina PRODAN-PALADE, 2017. "Bankruptcy risk prediction models based on artificial neural networks," The Audit Financiar journal, Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania, vol. 15(147), pages 418-418.
    • Handle: RePEc:aud:audfin:v:15:y:2017:i:147:p:418
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    1. Bogdan POPA, 2022. "Measuring the Risk of Bankruptcy in the Romanian Economy. Developments and Perspectives," Finante - provocarile viitorului (Finance - Challenges of the Future), University of Craiova, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, vol. 1(24), pages 91-104, November.

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    Keywords

    Artificial Neural Networks; backpropagation; bankruptcy risk; overall liquidity ratio; overall solvency ratio;
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    JEL classification:

    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
    • C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
    • G33 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Bankruptcy; Liquidation

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