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Dependent Credit Default Risk Modelling Using Bernoulli Mixture Models

Received: 6 May 2021     Accepted: 24 May 2021     Published: 31 May 2021
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Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) can be used to model the occurrence of defaults in a loan or bond portfolio. In this paper, we used a Bernoulli mixture model, a type of GLMMs, to model the dependency of default events. We discussed how Bernoulli mixture models can be used to model portfolio credit default risk, with the probit normal distribution as the link function. The general mathematical framework of the GLMMs was examined, with a particular focus on using Bernoulli mixture models to model credit default risk measures. We showed how GLMMs can be mapped into Bernoulli mixture models. An important aspect in portfolio credit default modelling is the dependence among default events, and in the GLMM setting, this may be captured using the so called random effects. Both fixed and random effects influence default probabilities of firms and these are taken as the systemic risk of the portfolio. After describing the model, we also conducted an empirical study for the applicability of our model using Standard and Poor’s data incorporating rating category (fixed effect) and time (random effect) as components of the model that constitute to the systemic risk of the portfolio. We were able to find the estimates of the model parameters using the Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimation method.

Published in American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics (Volume 10, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajtas.20211003.12
Page(s) 146-151
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Keywords

Portfolio Credit Risk, Generalized Linear Mixed Models, Bernoulli Mixture Models, Dependency, Risk Measures

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  • Financial Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

  • Statistics, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

  • Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Machakos University, Machakos, Kenya

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