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Parameterizing credit risk models

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  • Alfred Hamerle
  • Daniel Rösch

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ABSTRACT The present paper shows how the parameters of three popular portfolio credit risk models can be empirically estimated by banks using a Maximum Likelihood framework. We apply the method to a database of German firms provided by Deutsche Bundesbank and analyze the inclusion of macroeconomic and borrower specific rating factors. Given the uniform ML estimation methodology, we compare the parameter estimates and the forecast loss distributions for the credit risk models and find that they perform in very similar ways, in contrast to the differences found in some previous studies. We also propose an approach for addressing estimation errors. Our findings suggest that for a financial institution “model risk”, ie, the risk of choosing the “wrong” credit model, may be considerably reduced.

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  • Alfred Hamerle & Daniel Rösch, . "Parameterizing credit risk models," Journal of Credit Risk, Journal of Credit Risk.
    • Handle: RePEc:rsk:journ1:2160579
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