<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Research of firms cohorts, such as human cohorts, are carried out by means of the methods of survival analysis (duration). The paper presents the possibility of using expectancy tables and intensity function (hazard) of firms liquidation. This function may take a typical shape such as shape of a “bathtub” – the intensity of deaths, or the shape of an inverted U – the intensity of firms liquidations.</p></abstract>

Research of firms cohorts, such as human cohorts, are carried out by means of the methods of survival analysis (duration). The paper presents the possibility of using expectancy tables and intensity function (hazard) of firms liquidation. This function may take a typical shape such as shape of a “bathtub” – the intensity of deaths, or the shape of an inverted U – the intensity of firms liquidations.

Hazard Function as a Tool to Diagnose Business Liquidation

Szczecin University Facultyof Economics and Management Department of Econometrics and Statistics Mickiewicza 64, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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Research of firms cohorts, such as human cohorts, are carried out by means of the methods of survival analysis (duration). The paper presents the possibility...

Hazard Function as a Tool to Diagnose Business Liquidation

Publicado en línea: 08 jul 2014

Páginas: 23 - 36

Recibido: 30 oct 2013

Aceptado: 17 ene 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2013-0019

Palabras clave
firms, expectancy tables, hazard (intensity)

© 2013 University of Szczecin

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Hazard Function as a Tool to Diagnose Business Liquidation

Publicado en línea: 08 jul 2014

Páginas: 23 - 36

Recibido: 30 oct 2013

Aceptado: 17 ene 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2013-0019

Palabras clavefirms, expectancy tables, hazard (intensity)

© 2013 University of Szczecin

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
firms, expectancy tables, hazard (intensity)