Identifying unsound firms in Italy: An attempt to use trend variables☆
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This article reports the main points and results of a study which is a revised version of the author's MA thesis (1982). Special thanks are due to Alison M. Kerruish (UCNW Bangor - U.K.), Marco Onado (Universita di Modena — Italy) and Ignazio Visco (Research Department of the Bank of Italy) for their helpful comments on the original work.