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New Definition of Default—Recalibration of Credit Risk Models Using Bayesian Approach

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  • Aneta Ptak-Chmielewska

    (Institute of Statistics and Demography, Warsaw School of Economics, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Paweł Kopciuszewski

    (Faculty of Art, Technique and Communication, Vistula University of Warsaw, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

After the financial crisis, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has established tighter standards around the definition of default (Capital Requirements Regulation CRR Article 178, EBA/GL/2017/16) to increase the degree of comparability and consistency in credit risk measurement and capital frameworks across banks and financial institutions. Requirements of the new definition of default (DoD) concern how banks recognize credit defaults for prudential purposes and include quantitative impact analysis and new rules of materiality. In this approach, the number and timing of defaults affect the validity of currently used risk models and processes. The recommendation presented in this paper is to address current gaps by considering a Bayesian approach for PD recalibration based on insights derived from both simulated and empirical data (e.g., a priori and a posteriori distributions). A Bayesian approach was used in two steps: to calculate the Long Run Average (LRA) on both simulated and empirical data and for the final model calibration to the posterior LRA. The Bayesian approach result for the PD LRA was slightly lower than the one calculated based on classical logistic regression. It also decreased for the historically observed LRA that included the most recent empirical data. The Bayesian methodology was used to make the LRA more objective, but it also helps to better align the LRA not only with the empirical data but also with the most recent ones.

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  • Aneta Ptak-Chmielewska & Paweł Kopciuszewski, 2022. "New Definition of Default—Recalibration of Credit Risk Models Using Bayesian Approach," Risks, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-16, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jrisks:v:10:y:2022:i:1:p:16-:d:720855
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    1. Jacobs, Michael & Kiefer, Nicholas M., 2010. "The Bayesian Approach to Default Risk: A Guide," Working Papers 10-01, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics.
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