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Contagious defaults in a credit portfolio: a Bayesian network approach

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  • Ioannis Anagnostou
  • Javier Sanchez Rivero
  • Sumit Sourabh
  • Drona Kandhai

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The robustness of credit portfolio models is of great interest for financial institutions and regulators, since misspecified models translate into insufficient capital buffers and a crisis-prone financial system. In this paper, the authors propose a method to enhance credit portfolio models based on the model of Merton by incorporating contagion effects. While, in most models, the risks related to financial interconnectedness are neglected, the authors use Bayesian network methods to uncover the direct and indirect relationships between credits while maintaining the convenient representation of factor models. A range of techniques to learn the structure and parameters of financial networks from real credit default swaps data are studied and evaluated. Their approach is demonstrated in detail in a stylized portfolio, and the impact on standard risk metrics is estimated.

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  • Ioannis Anagnostou & Javier Sanchez Rivero & Sumit Sourabh & Drona Kandhai, . "Contagious defaults in a credit portfolio: a Bayesian network approach," Journal of Credit Risk, Journal of Credit Risk.
    • Handle: RePEc:rsk:journ1:7450606
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