... the firms that most frequently ranked among the top five in terms of composite financial performance. Design/methodology/approach The dichotomous Rasch model was applied to 13 financial ratios for two industries for the years 2002‐2011. Of these ratios, the authors identify those that are consistent...

...Musa Darayseh; Elaine Waples; Dimitrios Tsoukalas The purpose of this paper was to determine whether a model utilizing a number of economic variables in combination with financial ratios results in a model superior to the traditional models including the financial ratios alone. A sample of 110...