Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31011 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 511
Publisher: 
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Sonderforschungsbereich 386 - Statistische Analyse diskreter Strukturen, München
Abstract: 
The internal-ratings based Basel II approach increases the need for the development of more realistic default probability models. In this paper we follow the approach taken in McNeil and Wendin (2006) by constructing generalized linear mixed models for estimating default probabilities from annual data on companies with different credit ratings. The models considered, in contrast to McNeil and Wendin (2006), allow parsimonious parametric models to capture simultaneously dependencies of the default probabilities on time and credit ratings. Macro-economic variables can also be included. Estimation of all model parameters are facilitated with a Bayesian approach using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods. Special em- phasis is given to the investigation of predictive capabilities of the models considered. In particular predictable model specifications are used. The empirical study using default data from Standard and Poor gives evidence that the correlation between credit ratings further apart decreases and is higher than the one induced by the autoregressive time dynamics.
Subjects: 
credit risk
default probability
asset correlation
generalized linear mixed models
Markov chain Monte Carlo
prediction
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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