Bellotti, Tony and Jonathan Crook, "Loss Given Default Models Incorporating Macroeconomic Variables for Credit Cards", International Journal of Forecasting, Vol. 28, No. 1, (January-March 2012), pp. 171-182.

Abstract: Based on UK data for major retail credit cards, we build several models of Loss Given Default based on account level data, including Tobit, a decision tree model, a Beta and fractional logit transformation. We find that Ordinary Least Squares models with macroeconomic variables perform best for forecasting Loss Given Default at the account and portfolio levels on independent hold-out data sets. The inclusion of macroeconomic conditions in the model is important, since it provides a means to model Loss Given Default in downturn conditions, as required by Basel II, and enables stress testing. We find that bank interest rates and the unemployment level significantly affect LGD.

Keywords: Loss given default, Credit cards, Basel II.

Previously titled: Loss Given Default Models for UK Retail Credit Cards

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