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Modeling recovery rate for leveraged loans

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  • Chen, Xiaowei
  • Wang, Gang
  • Zhang, Xiangting

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Leveraged loan has become an import risk contributor to the wholesale portfolio of a financial institution and an accurate evaluation of the recovery rate of leveraged loans is crucial for risk-based decision making by banks. To achieve this, we utilize a simple two-stage model framework conditional on loan and its borrower's characteristics. Under this framework, three kinds of models and two combining mechanisms are studied by using a subset of leveraged loan data filtered from Moody's Ultimate Recovery Data (URD). The in-sample and out-of-sample results show that three-split model with parallel combining mechanism yields more accurate predictions of ultimate recovery rates for leveraged loans. It is shown that the percentage of debt that is junior relative to the issuance in the issuer's capital structure is the most important determinant of the leveraged loan recovery outcomes. Recovery rates for Leveraged loans and for non-leveraged-loan debts are also compared. Empirical studies show that they have different influential factors.

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  • Chen, Xiaowei & Wang, Gang & Zhang, Xiangting, 2019. "Modeling recovery rate for leveraged loans," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 231-241.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecmode:v:81:y:2019:i:c:p:231-241
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2019.04.006
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    Keywords

    Credit risk; Ultimate recovery rate; Loss given default; Two-stage model; Leveraged loan;
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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