Rating Models and Validation - Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Rating Models and Validation - Oesterreichische Nationalbank
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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