Modeling default risk with support vector machines

被引:27
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作者
Chen, Shiyi [1 ]
Haerdle, W. K. [2 ]
Moro, R. A. [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Fudan Univ, China Ctr Econ Studies, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China
[2] Humboldt Univ, Ctr Appl Stat & Econ, D-10178 Berlin, Germany
[3] Brunel Univ, Dept Econ & Finance, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, Middx, England
[4] DIW Econ, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
关键词
Statistical learning theory; Applications to default risk; Capital asset pricing; Economics of risk; DISCRIMINANT-ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL RATIOS; PREDICTION;
D O I
10.1080/14697680903410015
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
Predicting default risk is important for firms and banks to operate successfully. There are many reasons to use nonlinear techniques for predicting bankruptcy from financial ratios. Here we propose the so-called Support Vector Machine (SVM) to predict the default risk of German firms. Our analysis is based on the Creditreform database. In all tests performed in this paper the nonlinear model classified by SVM exceeds the benchmark logit model, based on the same predictors, in terms of the performance metric, AR. The empirical evidence is in favor of the SVM for classification, especially in the linear non-separable case. The sensitivity investigation and a corresponding visualization tool reveal that the classifying ability of SVM appears to be superior over a wide range of SVM parameters. In terms of the empirical results obtained by SVM, the eight most important predictors related to bankruptcy for these German firms belong to the ratios of activity, profitability, liquidity, leverage and the percentage of incremental inventories. Some of the financial ratios selected by the SVM model are new because they have a strong nonlinear dependence on the default risk but a weak linear dependence that therefore cannot be captured by the usual linear models such as the DA and logit models.
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页码:135 / 154
页数:20
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