Transition matrix models of consumer credit ratings

Although the corporate credit risk literature has many studies modelling the change in the credit risk of corporate bonds over time, there is far less analysis of the credit risk for portfolios of consumer loans. However behavioural scores, which are commonly calculated on a monthly basis by most co...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Malik, Madhur (Author), Thomas, Lyn C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2012-01.
Subjects:
Online Access:Get fulltext
LEADER 01337 am a22001333u 4500
001 185275
042 |a dc 
100 1 0 |a Malik, Madhur  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Thomas, Lyn C.  |e author 
245 0 0 |a Transition matrix models of consumer credit ratings 
260 |c 2012-01. 
856 |z Get fulltext  |u https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/185275/1/0111Transition_Matrixrevision.pdf 
520 |a Although the corporate credit risk literature has many studies modelling the change in the credit risk of corporate bonds over time, there is far less analysis of the credit risk for portfolios of consumer loans. However behavioural scores, which are commonly calculated on a monthly basis by most consumer lenders are the analogues of ratings in corporate credit risk. Motivated by studies in corporate credit risk, we develop a Markov chain model based on behavioural scores to establish the credit risk of portfolios of consumer loans. Although such models have been used by lenders to develop models for the Basel Accord, there is no published literature on them. The model we suggest differs in many respects from the corporate credit ones based on Markov chains - such as the need for a second order Markov chain, the inclusion of economic variables and the age of the loan. The model is applied using data on a credit card portfolio from a major UK bank. 
655 7 |a Article