Predicting Financial Distress Amongst Public Listed Companies in Malaysia using Altman’s Z-Score Model and Auditors’ Opinion on Going Concern

The framework used in this study, to predict financial distress amongst the Public Listed Companies (PLCs) in Malaysia, utilizes the 5-variables Altman’s Z-Score Model as the base model and the Auditors’ Opinion on going concern as the 6th variable. Multiple Discriminant Analysis (MDA) and Logistic...

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Main Author: Yee, Hun Leek
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75450
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description The framework used in this study, to predict financial distress amongst the Public Listed Companies (PLCs) in Malaysia, utilizes the 5-variables Altman’s Z-Score Model as the base model and the Auditors’ Opinion on going concern as the 6th variable. Multiple Discriminant Analysis (MDA) and Logistic Regression Analysis (LRA) have been employed, and the revised 6-variables model developed using LRA has the highest accuracy to predict financial distress amongst the PLCs in Malaysia.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-754502019-05-22T05:39:50Z Predicting Financial Distress Amongst Public Listed Companies in Malaysia using Altman’s Z-Score Model and Auditors’ Opinion on Going Concern Yee, Hun Leek The framework used in this study, to predict financial distress amongst the Public Listed Companies (PLCs) in Malaysia, utilizes the 5-variables Altman’s Z-Score Model as the base model and the Auditors’ Opinion on going concern as the 6th variable. Multiple Discriminant Analysis (MDA) and Logistic Regression Analysis (LRA) have been employed, and the revised 6-variables model developed using LRA has the highest accuracy to predict financial distress amongst the PLCs in Malaysia. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75450 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Yee, Hun Leek
Predicting Financial Distress Amongst Public Listed Companies in Malaysia using Altman’s Z-Score Model and Auditors’ Opinion on Going Concern
title Predicting Financial Distress Amongst Public Listed Companies in Malaysia using Altman’s Z-Score Model and Auditors’ Opinion on Going Concern
title_full Predicting Financial Distress Amongst Public Listed Companies in Malaysia using Altman’s Z-Score Model and Auditors’ Opinion on Going Concern
title_fullStr Predicting Financial Distress Amongst Public Listed Companies in Malaysia using Altman’s Z-Score Model and Auditors’ Opinion on Going Concern
title_full_unstemmed Predicting Financial Distress Amongst Public Listed Companies in Malaysia using Altman’s Z-Score Model and Auditors’ Opinion on Going Concern
title_short Predicting Financial Distress Amongst Public Listed Companies in Malaysia using Altman’s Z-Score Model and Auditors’ Opinion on Going Concern
title_sort predicting financial distress amongst public listed companies in malaysia using altman’s z-score model and auditors’ opinion on going concern
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75450