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An approximate multi-period Vasicek credit risk model

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  • García-Céspedes, Rubén
  • Moreno, Manuel

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Financial institutions and regulators usually measure credit risk only over a one-year time horizon. Hence, current statistical models can generate closed-form expressions for the one-year loss distribution. Losses over longer horizons are considered using scenario analysis or Monte Carlo simulation. This paper proposes a simple multi-period credit risk model and uses Taylor expansion approximations to estimate the multi-period loss distribution. In this paper we extend the currently available second-order Taylor expansion approximations to credit risk with a third-order term and we use this new approximation to obtain the loss distribution in the multi-period framework. Our results show that the approximation is more accurate under recessions or for portfolios with high probability of default. We also show that, in general, the effect of this third-order adjustment is quite small.

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  • García-Céspedes, Rubén & Moreno, Manuel, 2017. "An approximate multi-period Vasicek credit risk model," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 105-113.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbfina:v:81:y:2017:i:c:p:105-113
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2017.05.002
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    Finance; Credit risk; Approximate methods; Multi-period models;
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    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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