Hurdle models of repayment behaviour in personal loan contracts

José M. R. Murteira () and Mário A. G. Augusto
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José M. R. Murteira: Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra
Mário A. G. Augusto: Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra

Empirical Economics, 2017, vol. 53, issue 2, No 11, 667 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper proposes a hurdle model of repayment behaviour in loans with fixed instalments. Using information on previous and current contracts, the approach yields a model of customer behaviour, useful, for example, in assessing the impact of determinants of default, a natural concern for credit and behavioural scoring. Under plausible assumptions, a debtor in each period faces a number of missed payments, which depends on his previous repayment decisions; meanwhile, as most debtors are expected to meet financial obligations, the number of missed payments is bound to display excess zeros, with reference to a single-part law. Each sequence of missed payments is modelled by using the binomial thinning, a conceptual tool that allows for dependence between integers by defining the support of consecutive counts. Under suitable assumptions on heterogeneity, the model can be produced under a random effects approach, leading to a two-part panel data model, estimable by quasi-maximum likelihood. The proposed approach is illustrated using a panel data set on personal loans granted by a Portuguese bank.

Keywords: Loan repayment; Panel count data; Binomial thinning; Beta mixture; Hurdle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C25 G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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