An Alternative Methodology for Estimating Credit Quality Transition Matrices

Borradores de Economia
Número: 
478
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
C4, E44, G21, G23, G38
Palabras clave: 
Firms, macroeconomic variables, firm-specific covariates, hazard function

Lo más reciente

Jhorland Ayala-García, Jaime Alfredo Bonet-Moron, Eduardo A. Haddad, Inácio F. Araújo
Hans-Erik Edsand, Andrés Aleán-Romero, Jhorland Ayala-García, Tania Jiménez Castilla, Sandra C. Valencia

This study presents an alternative way of estimating credit transition matrices using a hazard function model. The model is useful both for testing the validity of the Markovian assumption, frequently made in credit rating applications, and also for estim