An empirical comparison of classification algorithms for mortgage default prediction: evidence from a distressed mortgage market

This paper evaluates the performance of a number of modelling approaches for future mortgage default status. Boosted regression trees, random forests, penalised linear and semi-parametric logistic regression models are applied to four portfolios of over 300,000 Irish owner-occupier mortgages. The ma...

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Main Authors: Fitzpatrick, Trevor (Author), Mues, Christophe (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2016-03-01.
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