Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/14541
Title: Bankruptcy prediction and structural credit risk models
Authors: Charitou, Andreas 
Lambertides, Neophytos 
Trigeorgis, Lenos 
metadata.dc.contributor.other: Λαμπερτίδης, Νεόφυτος
Major Field of Science: Social Sciences
Field Category: Economics and Business
Issue Date: Jan-2008
Source: Advances in Credit Risk Modelling and Corporate Bankruptcy Prediction 1 January 2008, Pages 1-298
Abstract: Introduction Default is triggered by a firm’s failure to meet its financial obligations. Default probabilities and changes in expected default frequencies affect markets participants, such as investors and lenders, since they assume responsibility for the credit risk of their investments. The lack of a solid economic understanding of the factors that determine bankruptcy makes explanation and prediction of default difficult to assess. However, the accuracy of these predictors is essential for sound risk management and for evaluation of the vulnerability of corporations and institutional lenders. In recognition of this, the new capital adequacy framework (Basel II) envisages a more active role for banks in measuring the default risk of their loan books. The need for reliable measures of default or credit risk is clear to all. The accounting and finance literature has produced a variety of models attempting to predict or measure default risk. There are two primary types of models that describe default processes in the credit risk literature: structural models and reduced-form models. Structural models use the evolution of a firm’s structural variables, such as asset and debt values, to determine the timing of default. Merton’s model (1974) is considered the first structural model. In Merton’s model, a firm defaults if, at the time of servicing the debt at debt maturity, its assets are below its outstanding debt. A second approach within the structural framework was introduced by Black and Cox (1976). In this approach default occurs when a firm’s asset value falls below a certain threshold.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/14541
ISBN: 978-051175419-7;978-052186928-7
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511754197.007
Rights: © Cambridge University Press.
Type: Book Chapter
Affiliation : University of Cyprus 
Aston University 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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