Course unit content
1. Statistics for firms. 2. ESA and firms. 3. Business Accounting and National Accounts. 4. Distress Analysis. 5. Markov Chains and firms.
Full programme
1. Sources of information for the firms.
1.1 Quality of information.
1.2 Census of Firms and Commerce.
1.3 The statistical archive of firms (ASIA).
1.4 Data archives of Business Accounts.
1.5 Statistical classification of firms (ATECO).
1.6 Statistical classification of Professional Qualifications (CP2001).
2. The European System of Accounts (ESA) and firms.
2.1 The Input Output Table.
2.2 Structure of ESA.
2.3 Business Accounting and National Accounts.
3. Distress Analysis
3.1 Ratios.
3.2 Choice of ratios.
3.3 Multivariate Models for Distress Analysis.
4. Discrete Markov Chains for economic analysis.
4.1 Transition matrices.
4.2 Markov Chains.
4.3 The equilibrium distribution.
4.4 Mobility indexes for Transition matrices.
4.5 Economic examples of Transition matrices.
Bibliography
Bracalente B. Cossignani M. Mulas A., (2009) Statistica aziendale. McGraw-Hill. Milano.
Castellino O.,(2007) Introduzione alla contabilità nazionale, Giappichelli, Torino.
Grimmett G.R. Stirzaker D.R. Probaility and Random Processes, Clarendon press, Oxford, 1992