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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788522203321

Autore

Chan-Lau Jorge

Titolo

Fundamentals-Based Estimation of Default Probabilities - A Survey / / Jorge Chan-Lau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-4173-X

1-4527-5115-3

1-282-39224-7

9786613820679

1-4527-0256-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (20 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Corporations - Evaluation - Econometric models

Default (Finance) - Econometric models

Econometrics

Macroeconomics

Money and Monetary Policy

Industries: Financial Services

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

Econometric Modeling: General

Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Monetary economics

Econometrics & economic statistics

Economic growth

Finance

Credit

Econometric models

Business cycles

Loans

Credit ratings

United States



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"June 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. MACROECONOMIC-BASED MODELS""; ""III. CREDIT SCORING (OR ACCOUNTING-BASED) MODELS""; ""IV. RATINGS-BASED MODELS""; ""V. HYBRID MODELS""; ""VI. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

This survey reviews a number of different fundamentals-based models for estimating default probabilities for firms and/or industries, and illustrates them with real applications by practitioners and policy making institutions. The models are especially useful when the firms analyzed do not have publicly traded securities or secondary market prices are unreliable because of low liquidity.