Table 6

Original models’ accuracy

ModelAltmanOhlsonZmijewski
CompanyNon-B.BankruptNon-B.BankruptNon-B.Bankrupt
Sample9,0013709,0013709,001370
Predicted7,5912707,9792857,377308
Cut-off≥4.03<4.03≤0.5>0.5≤0.5>0.5
False1,4101001,022851,62462
Type I error 27.03% 22.97% 16.76%
Type II error15.66% 11.35% 18.04% 
Accuracy83.89%88.19%82.01%

Note(s): Non-B. is the number of non-bankrupt companies. Bankrupt is the number of bankrupt companies. Type I error is the percentage of bankrupt companies classified by the model as non-bankrupt, and Type II error is the percentage of non-bankrupt companies classified as bankrupt. Accuracy is the percentage of correctly predicted types in the total sample

Source(s): Authors’ own elaboration

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