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| The Impact of Firm's Characteristics on Junk-Bond Default by Sam Ramsey Hakim of the University of Nebraska, and Summer 1995 Abstract: This study examines firm-specific value and risk factors as early predictors of junk bond default. Reduction in equity value, increased variation in long-term debt levels, and reductions in cash flow are found to be statistically significant indicators of higher default probabilities in a logit model. Variations in investment levels have insignificant explanatory power. The model provides individual investors with the ability to assess the default risk of high-yield securities based on the levels of observable financial variables. Published in: Journal of Financial and Strategic Decisions, Vol. 8, No. 2, (Summer 1995), pp. 47-55. |
