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A Determination of the Risk of Ruin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Joseph D. Vinso
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Recently, there has been an increased interest in the role that bankruptcy or ruin plays in the valuation process. Several authors have discussed this subject (Gordon [17], Quirk [27], and Smith [35]) and some have constructed theoretical models attempting to show how the probability or risk of ruin introduces an element of risk into valuation (for example, Bierman [5], Borch [8], Tinsely [37]). The question of corporate survival is, therefore, central to the financial considerations of the firm. None, however, has attempted empirical tests of the role of such a probability in valuation.

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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 1979 , pp. 77 - 100
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1979

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