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Rating Models and Validation - Oesterreichische Nationalbank

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<strong>Rating</strong> <strong>Models</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Validation</strong><br />

However, changes to the master scale are still permissible. Such changes<br />

might be necessary in cases where new rating procedures are to be integrated<br />

or finer/rougher classifications are required for default probabilities in certain<br />

value ranges. However, it is also necessary to ensure that data history records<br />

always include a rating classÕs default probability, the rating result itself, <strong>and</strong><br />

the accompanying default probability in addition to the rating class.<br />

Chart 68 shows the forecast <strong>and</strong> realized default rates in our example with<br />

ten rating classes. The average realized default rate for the overall sample is<br />

1.3%, whereas the forecast — based on the frequency with which the individual<br />

rating classes were assigned as well as their respective default probabilities — was<br />

1.0%. Therefore, this rating model underestimated the overall default risk.<br />

Chart 68: Comparison of Forecast <strong>and</strong> Realized Default Rates in the Data Example<br />

Brier Score<br />

The average quadratic deviation of the default rate forecast for each case of the<br />

sample examined from the rate realized in that case (1 for default, 0 for no<br />

default) is known as the Brier Score: 95<br />

BS ¼ 1 X<br />

N<br />

N<br />

ðp<br />

n¼1<br />

forecast<br />

n<br />

ynÞ 2 where yn<br />

1 for default in n<br />

0 for no default in n<br />

In the case examined here, which is divided into C rating classes, the Brier<br />

Score can also be represented as the total for all rating classes c:<br />

BS ¼ 1 X<br />

N<br />

K<br />

Nk p<br />

c¼1<br />

observed<br />

c ð1 p forecast<br />

c Þ 2 þð1 p observed<br />

c<br />

Þðp forecast<br />

c Þ 2<br />

In the equation above, Nc denotes the number of cases rated in rating class c,<br />

while pobserved <strong>and</strong> pforecast refer to the realized default rate <strong>and</strong> the forecast<br />

default rate (both for rating class c). The first term in the sum reflects the<br />

defaults in class c, <strong>and</strong> the second term shows the non-defaulted cases. This<br />

Brier Score equation can be rewritten as follows:<br />

BS ¼ 1 X<br />

N<br />

K<br />

Nc p<br />

c¼1<br />

observed<br />

95 Cf. BRIER, G. W., Brier-Score.<br />

c ð1 p observed<br />

c<br />

Þþðp forecast<br />

c<br />

p observed<br />

c Þ 2<br />

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