Business bankruptcy prediction models: application to companies in the construction sector in Spain

[EN] The construction sector was one of the most affected in Spain during the economic crisis that began in 2008. Specifically, 14.764 companies in this sector have declared themselves insolvent in the period from 2007 to 2016, according to sources of the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Many...

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Autor: Carreras Peris, Bárbara
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/90795
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/90795
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Insolvency
Companies failure
Prediction models
Construction sector
Spain
Insolvencia empresarial
Fracaso empresarial
Modelo de predicción de insolvencia
Sector construcción
España
ECONOMIA, SOCIOLOGIA Y POLITICA AGRARIA
Máster Universitario en Dirección Financiera y Fiscal-Màster Universitari en Direcció Financera i Fiscal
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Sumario:[EN] The construction sector was one of the most affected in Spain during the economic crisis that began in 2008. Specifically, 14.764 companies in this sector have declared themselves insolvent in the period from 2007 to 2016, according to sources of the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Many authors have developed tools with the aim of predicting corporate insolvency through the use of financial ratios. Consequently, it is intended to study the applicability of these to a number of companies in the construction sector with registered office in Spain. The objective of the work is the empirical analysis of the application of business bankruptcy prediction models in two groups: healthy companies and companies declared in insolvency proceedings.