Table 11

Original models’ accuracy in the European sample

ModelAltmanOhlsonZmijewski
CompanyNon-B.BankruptNon-B.BankruptNon-B.Bankrupt
Sample190381903819038
Predicted142201482713225
Cut-off≥4.03<4.03≤0.5>0.5≤0.5>0.5
False481842115813
Type I error 47.37% 28.95% 34.21%
Type II error25.26% 22.11% 30.53 
Accuracy71.05%76.75%68.86%
AUC-ROCn.a0.760.72

Note(s): AUC-ROC means the Area Under the ROC Curve. 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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