“…However, our methodology is much broader that incorporates both market and accounting based estimates of default. Moreover, most of the prior distress assessments using stress testing like ( Busch, Koziol, & Mitrovic, 2018 ; Khan, Rizvi, & Sadiq, 2018 ; Naqvi, Rizvi, Uqaili, & Chaudhry, 2018 ; Grundke & Kühn, 2020 ; Soula, 2017 ) are in the context of banks. Therefore, our perspective of stress testing for the solvency of non-financial firms is a unique and significant value addition in the body of related literature.…”