Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Johnny Pang Author-Name: Mark Kogel Title: Retail Bankruptcy Prediction Abstract: This study reintroduces the famous discriminant functions from Edward Altman and Begley, Ming and Watts (BMW) that were used to predict bankrupts. We will formulate three new discriminant functions which differ from Altman’s and BMW’s re-estimated Altman model. Altman’s models as well as Begley, Ming and Watts’s re-estimated Altman model apply to publicly traded industries, whereas the new models formulated in this study are based on retail companies. The three new functions will provide better predictions on retail bankruptcy and they will minimize the chance of misclassifications. Keywords: Multiple Discriminant Analysis, MDA, Altman’s z Score, BMW’s z Score, Retail, Bankruptcy Journal: American Journal of Economics and Business Administration Pages: 29-46 Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Year: 2013 Month: September DOI: 10.3844/ajebasp.2013.29.46 File-URL: https://thescipub.com/pdf/ajebasp.2013.29.46.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-URL: https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajebasp.2013.29.46 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:abk:jajeba:ajebasp.2013.29.46