The Application of Graph-Structured Cox Model in Financial Risk Early Warning of Companies

Xiangxing Tao, Mingxin Wang and Yanting Ji ()
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Xiangxing Tao: School of Science, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
Mingxin Wang: School of Science, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
Yanting Ji: School of Science, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-16

Abstract: An effective financial risk forecast depends on the selection of important indicators from a broad set of financial indicators that are often correlated with one another. In this paper, we address this challenge by proposing a Cox model with a graph structure that allows us to identify and filter out the crucial indicators for financial risk forecasting. The Cox model can be converted to a weighted least squares form for the purpose of solution, where the regularization l 0 compresses the signs of the variable coefficients and reduces the error caused by the compression of the coefficients. The graph structure reflects the correlations among different financial indicators and is incorporated into the model by introducing a Laplace penalty term to construct the Graph Regularization–Cox (GR-Cox) model. Monte Carlo simulation results show that the GR-Cox model outperforms the model without a graph structure with respect to the choice of parameters. Here, we apply the GR-Cox model to the forecast of the financial risk of listed companies and find that it shows good classification accuracy in practical applications. The GR-Cox model provides a new approach for improving the accuracy of financial risk early warning.

Keywords: variable selection; Cox proportional hazards model; graph structure; financial risk early warning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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