This study builds neural networks (NNs) which estimate the future financial health of firms. A
neural network is a relatively new mathematical approach for recognizing discriminating …

We present here a neural network applied to a universal business problem: the estimation
of the future fiscal health of a corporation. The commonly used accounting and financial tool …

The relationship of stock market returns with components of aggregate equity mutual fund
flows (new sales, redemptions, exchanges-in, and exchanges-out) is examined. Vector …

… FRANKLIN FANT … Fant is a doctoral student in finance at Florida State University. Prior
to graduate school he was a CPA for the Arthur Andersen & Co., accounting firm. …

We examine how the relation between mutual fund performance and fund flows has
changed over time by separating our sample into two periods (1978–87 and 1988–97). We …

Size and book‐to‐market equity are shown to transcend beta in explaining stock returns.
One possible explanation of the book‐to‐market equity effect is overreaction. We investigate …

The main theme of our presentation is the parameterization of the human voice source. The
LF-model provides an eflective representation of the inverse Jiltered speech wave form, but …

… Fant acknowledges the financial support of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. for a portion of the
work completed while at the University of New Hampshire. The authors thank Mark Riepe for …

… In this case the LF-model prwides a better werall fit. In less extreme cases the two … LF-model
is mainly intended for a noninteractive modeling of the voice source but it could, like the Fant …

… An alternative for the Liljencrants–Fant LF glottal-pulse model is … LF model but it has the
advantage over the LF model that it is computationally more efficient. It is compared with the LF …