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  • Open Access
92 Citations
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Purpose: This study aims to compare the prediction accuracy of traditional distress prediction models for the firms which are at an early and advanced stage of distress in an emerging market, Pakistan, during 2001–2015. Design/methodology/approach: T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,441 Views
26 Pages

8 August 2021

The issue of prediction of financial state, or especially the threat of the financial distress of companies, is very topical not only for the management of the companies to take the appropriate actions but also for all the stakeholders to know the fi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
10,507 Views
24 Pages

An Optimal Model of Financial Distress Prediction: A Comparative Study between Neural Networks and Logistic Regression

  • Youssef Zizi,
  • Amine Jamali-Alaoui,
  • Badreddine El Goumi,
  • Mohamed Oudgou and
  • Abdeslam El Moudden

8 November 2021

In the face of rising defaults and limited studies on the prediction of financial distress in Morocco, this article aims to determine the most relevant predictors of financial distress and identify its optimal prediction models in a normal Moroccan e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,644 Views
22 Pages

14 April 2022

Predicting financial distress is one of the most well-known issues in corporate finance. Investors and other stakeholders often use prediction models as relevant tools for identifying weaknesses to eliminate potential threats to business partners. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,538 Views
22 Pages

30 August 2021

Non-profit organizations (NPOs) play an important role in society. Nowadays, many companies apply the phenomenon—corporate social responsibility (CSR) which supports sustainable development and cooperation between the for-profit and non-profit sector...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,358 Views
33 Pages

Municipalities are facing mounting fiscal pressures that contribute to financial distress, often resulting in reduced service delivery and economic instability. Despite extensive research on this topic, there is neither a framework nor established cr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,576 Views
27 Pages

3 August 2020

In this paper, we propose a new framework of a financial early warning system through combining the unconstrained distributed lag model (DLM) and widely used financial distress prediction models such as the logistic model and the support vector machi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,114 Views
29 Pages

10 March 2025

Financial distress prediction models have been extensively utilised to assess the financial health of companies. However, their predictive accuracy can be significantly affected by extraordinary economic disruptions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Tr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,508 Views
13 Pages

2 January 2020

Linking textual information in finance reports to the stock return volatility provides a perspective on exploring useful insights for risk management. We introduce different kinds of word vector representations in the modeling of textual information:...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,427 Views
15 Pages

11 March 2025

This paper explores the application of deep neural networks (DNNs) as an alternative to the traditional Black–Scholes model for predicting European put option prices. Using synthetic datasets generated under the Black–Scholes framework, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,843 Views
12 Pages

16 September 2023

This paper endeavors to enhance the prediction of volatility in financial markets by developing a novel hybrid model that integrates generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH) models and long short-term memory (LSTM) neural net...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,232 Views
15 Pages

GALSTM-FDP: A Time-Series Modeling Approach Using Hybrid GA and LSTM for Financial Distress Prediction

  • Amal Al Ali,
  • Ahmed M. Khedr,
  • Magdi El Bannany and
  • Sakeena Kanakkayil

Despite the obvious benefits and growing popularity of Machine Learning (ML) technology, there are still concerns regarding its ability to provide Financial Distress Prediction (FDP). An accurate FDP model is required to avoid financial risk at the l...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
11,680 Views
27 Pages

Financial Sentiment Analysis and Classification: A Comparative Study of Fine-Tuned Deep Learning Models

  • Dimitrios K. Nasiopoulos,
  • Konstantinos I. Roumeliotis,
  • Damianos P. Sakas,
  • Kanellos Toudas and
  • Panagiotis Reklitis

Financial sentiment analysis is crucial for making informed decisions in the financial markets, as it helps predict trends, guide investments, and assess economic conditions. Traditional methods for financial sentiment classification, such as Support...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
22,671 Views
19 Pages

Comparison of Financial Models for Stock Price Prediction

  • Mohammad Rafiqul Islam and
  • Nguyet Nguyen

Time series analysis of daily stock data and building predictive models are complicated. This paper presents a comparative study for stock price prediction using three different methods, namely autoregressive integrated moving average, artificial neu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
6,939 Views
16 Pages

Financial Compass for Slovak Enterprises: Modeling Economic Stability of Agricultural Entities

  • Katarina Valaskova,
  • Pavol Durana,
  • Peter Adamko and
  • Jaroslav Jaros

The risk of corporate financial distress negatively affects the operation of the enterprise itself and can change the financial performance of all other partners that come into close or wider contact. To identify these risks, business entities use ea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,897 Views
28 Pages

A Financial Fraud Prediction Framework Based on Stacking Ensemble Learning

  • Shanshan Zhu,
  • Haotian Wu,
  • Eric W. T. Ngai,
  • Jifan Ren,
  • Daojing He,
  • Tengyun Ma and
  • Yubin Li

23 December 2024

With the rapid development of the capital market, financial fraud cases are becoming increasingly common. The evolving fraud strategies pose significant threats to financial regulation, market order, and the interests of ordinary investors. In order...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
7,274 Views
17 Pages

Predicting Financial Distress of Slovak Enterprises: Comparison of Selected Traditional and Learning Algorithms Methods

  • Elena Gregova,
  • Katarina Valaskova,
  • Peter Adamko,
  • Milos Tumpach and
  • Jaroslav Jaros

12 May 2020

Predicting the risk of financial distress of enterprises is an inseparable part of financial-economic analysis, helping investors and creditors reveal the performance stability of any enterprise. The acceptance of national conditions, proper use of f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
9,597 Views
18 Pages

Stock Selection Using Machine Learning Based on Financial Ratios

  • Pei-Fen Tsai,
  • Cheng-Han Gao and
  • Shyan-Ming Yuan

24 November 2023

Stock prediction has garnered considerable attention among investors, with a recent focus on the application of machine learning techniques to enhance predictive accuracy. Prior research has established the effectiveness of machine learning in foreca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
9,425 Views
17 Pages

10 October 2023

This article presents a comparative analysis of machine learning models for business failure prediction. Bankruptcy prediction is crucial in assessing financial risks and making informed decisions for investors and regulatory bodies. Since machine le...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,672 Views
16 Pages

Return Rate Prediction in Blockchain Financial Products Using Deep Learning

  • Noura Metawa,
  • Mohamemd I. Alghamdi,
  • Ibrahim M. El-Hasnony and
  • Mohamed Elhoseny

28 October 2021

Recently, bitcoin-based blockchain technologies have received significant interest among investors. They have concentrated on the prediction of return and risk rates of the financial product. So, an automated tool to predict the return rate of bitcoi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,615 Views
26 Pages

1 October 2025

Financial time series prediction remains a challenging task due to the inherent non-stationarity, noise, and complex temporal dependencies present in market data. Traditional forecasting methods often fail to capture the multifaceted nature of financ...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,839 Views
36 Pages

Accurately predicting stock market movements remains a critical challenge in finance, driven by the increasing role of algorithmic trading and the centrality of financial markets in economic sustainability. This study examines the incorporation of ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,689 Views
17 Pages

Empirics of Korean Shipping Companies’ Default Predictions

  • Sunghwa Park,
  • Hyunsok Kim,
  • Janghan Kwon and
  • Taeil Kim

1 September 2021

In this paper, we use a logit model to predict the probability of default for Korean shipping companies. We explore numerous financial ratios to find predictors of a shipping firm’s failure and construct four default prediction models. The results su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,602 Views
15 Pages

Business Distress Prediction in Albania: An Analysis of Classification Methods

  • Zhaklina Dhamo,
  • Ardit Gjeçi,
  • Arben Zibri and
  • Xhorxhina Prendi

This article investigates the effectiveness of various classification techniques in predicting financial distress for Albanian firms. The dataset includes 16 financial ratios from the financial statements of 187 of the largest non-financial businesse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
11,073 Views
21 Pages

Stock market forecasting is a critical area in financial research, yet the inherent volatility and non-linearity of financial markets pose significant challenges for traditional predictive models. This study proposes a hybrid deep learning model, int...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,684 Views
18 Pages

21 June 2022

The non-profit sector plays an important role in the American and European continents, as non-profit organizations support the development of civil society and help people in need. However, most non-profit organizations (NPO) are financially dependen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,744 Views
14 Pages

The Predictive Factors of Hospital Bankruptcy—An Exploratory Study

  • Bradley Beauvais,
  • Zo Ramamonjiarivelo,
  • Jose Betancourt,
  • John Cruz and
  • Lawrence Fulton

The United States healthcare industry has witnessed a number of hospitals declare bankruptcy. This has a meaningful impact on local communities with vast implications on access, cost, and quality of care available. In our research, we seek to determi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,060 Views
19 Pages

1 July 2024

Financial markets are increasingly interlinked. Therefore, this study explores the complex relationships between the Tadawul All Share Index (TASI), West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices, and Bitcoin (BTC) returns, which are pivotal to infor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,262 Views
20 Pages

21 June 2023

The sustainable development of China’s financial leasing industry is a growing concern among scholars. This paper analyzes the development data of China’s financial leasing industry from 2008–2021, using the dimensions of scale, spe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,469 Views
26 Pages

12 June 2025

In the domain of financial markets, deep learning techniques have emerged as a significant tool for the development of investment strategies. The present study investigates the potential of time series forecasting (TSF) in financial application scena...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,136 Views
16 Pages

As a rule, the economy regularly undergoes various phases, from a recession up to expansion. This paper is focused on models predicting corporate financial distress. Its aim is to analyze impact of individual phases of the economic cycle on final sco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,290 Views
30 Pages

26 February 2025

Forecasting stock market movements is a critical yet challenging endeavor due to the inherent nonlinearity, chaotic behavior, and dynamic nature of financial markets. This study proposes the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Ensemble Recurrent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,710 Views
51 Pages

22 August 2025

This research evaluates the suitability of Graph Convolutional Networks (GCN) and Graph Attention Networks (GAT) for improving financial return predictions across 15 major worldwide stock indices. The proposed method uses graph modeling to represent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,501 Views
15 Pages

In this paper, we used data from publicly traded restaurant firms between 2000 and 2019 to test the effectiveness of multiple discriminant analysis (MDA) and logistic regression (logit) in predicting the probability of bankruptcy in the restaurant in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,229 Views
23 Pages

9 August 2017

The quality of financial information is crucial for the effective decision-making of practitioners and academics. A number of studies have shown the existence of errors in proprietary databases provided by financial data aggregators (e.g., Compustat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
10,355 Views
21 Pages

According to the World Bank, a key factor to poverty reduction and improving prosperity is financial inclusion. Financial service providers (FSPs) offering financially-inclusive solutions need to understand how to approach the underserved successfull...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,284 Views
26 Pages

17 June 2025

Accurate corporate credit ratings are essential for financial risk assessment; yet, traditional methodologies relying on manual evaluation and basic statistical models often fall short in dynamic economic conditions. This study investigated the poten...

  • Article
  • Open Access
271 Views
29 Pages

Aim: Stock price prediction remains a highly challenging task due to the complex and nonlinear nature of financial time series data. While deep learning (DL) has shown promise in capturing these nonlinear patterns, its effectiveness is often hindered...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,940 Views
27 Pages

FSTGAT: Financial Spatio-Temporal Graph Attention Network for Non-Stationary Financial Systems and Its Application in Stock Price Prediction

  • Ze-Lin Wei,
  • Hong-Yu An,
  • Yao Yao,
  • Wei-Cong Su,
  • Guo Li,
  • Saifullah,
  • Bi-Feng Sun and
  • Mu-Jiang-Shan Wang

17 August 2025

Accurately predicting stock prices is crucial for investment and risk management, but the non-stationarity of the financial market and the complex correlations among stocks pose challenges to traditional models (ARIMA, LSTM, XGBoost), resulting in di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,232 Views
25 Pages

29 July 2022

Stock price crashes have occurred frequently in the Chinese security market during the last three decades. They have not only caused substantial economic losses to market investors but also seriously threatened the stability and financial safety of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,790 Views
19 Pages

Forecasting stock prices remains a central challenge in financial modelling, as markets are influenced by market sentiment, firm-level fundamentals and complex interactions between macroeconomic and microeconomic factors, for example. This study eval...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,827 Views
27 Pages

6 August 2025

High-dimensional prediction problems with complex non-linear feature interactions present significant algorithmic challenges in machine learning, particularly when dealing with imbalanced datasets and multicollinearity issues. This study proposes an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
11,659 Views
21 Pages

14 April 2022

Cryptocurrencies can be considered as mathematical money. As the most famous cryptocurrency, the Bitcoin price forecasting model is one of the popular mathematical models in financial technology because of its large price fluctuations and complexity....

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,875 Views
13 Pages

16 May 2018

Credit risk is a critical issue that affects banks and companies on a global scale. Possessing the ability to accurately predict the level of credit risk has the potential to help the lender and borrower. This is achieved by alleviating the number of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
12,542 Views
26 Pages

Data-Driven Loan Default Prediction: A Machine Learning Approach for Enhancing Business Process Management

  • Xinyu Zhang,
  • Tianhui Zhang,
  • Lingmin Hou,
  • Xianchen Liu,
  • Zhen Guo,
  • Yuanhao Tian and
  • Yang Liu

15 July 2025

Loan default prediction is a critical task for financial institutions, directly influencing risk management, loan approval decisions, and profitability. This study evaluates the effectiveness of machine learning models, specifically XGBoost, Gradient...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,513 Views
18 Pages

To answer to global climate change, promote climate governance and map out a grand blueprint for sustainable development, carbon neutrality has become the target and vision of all countries. Green finance is a means to coordinate economic development...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,457 Views
18 Pages

Predicting stock trends in financial markets is of significant importance to investors and portfolio managers. In addition to a stock’s historical price information, the correlation between that stock and others can also provide valuable inform...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,477 Views
18 Pages

20 September 2020

Exchange rate forecasting has been an important topic for investors, researchers, and analysts. In this study, financial sentiment analysis (FSA) and time series analysis (TSA) are proposed to form a predicting model for US Dollar/Turkish Lira exchan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
11,706 Views
20 Pages

Modeling for the Relationship between Monetary Policy and GDP in the USA Using Statistical Methods

  • Andre Amaral,
  • Taysir E. Dyhoum,
  • Hussein A. Abdou and
  • Hassan M. Aljohani

5 November 2022

The Federal Reserve has played an arguably important role in financial crises in the United States since its creation in 1913 through monetary policy tools. Thus, this paper aims to analyze the impact of monetary policy on the United States’ ec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,288 Views
21 Pages

Forecasting Financial Investment Firms’ Insolvencies Empowered with Enhanced Predictive Modeling

  • Ahmed Amer Abdul-Kareem,
  • Zaki T. Fayed,
  • Sherine Rady,
  • Salsabil Amin El-Regaily and
  • Bashar M. Nema

In the realm of financial decision-making, it is crucial to consider multiple factors, among which lies the pivotal concern of a firm’s potential insolvency. Numerous insolvency prediction models utilize machine learning techniques try to solve...

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