The Conditional Probability of Mortgage Default

Dennis Capozza, Dick Kazarian and Thomas A. Thomson

Real Estate Economics, 1998, vol. 26, issue 3, 259-289

Abstract: This research examines the implications of contingent‐claims models for empirical research on default. We focus on the probability of default over a short horizon given the current state of the world, i.e., the conditional probability of default, which more closely resembles the estimates of empirical models. We highlight the differences between the conditional and unconditional approaches and provide guidance for empirical research by illuminating situations where the expected sign reverses over the shorter horizon or where the functional form is highly nonlinear.

Date: 1998
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