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  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,534 Views
29 Pages

Undoubtedly, it is important to have an empirically effective credit risk rating method for decision-making in the financial industry, business, and even government. In our approach, for each corporate bond (CB) and its issuer, we first propose a cre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,753 Views
20 Pages

The purpose of this paper is to assess and predict sovereign credit risk for Egypt, Morroco and Saudi Arabia using credit default swap (CDS) spreads obtained from the DataStream database for the period from 2009 to 2022. Our approach consists of gene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,258 Views
25 Pages

27 June 2022

We apply Geometric Arbitrage Theory (GAT) to obtain results in mathematical finance for credit markets, which do not need stochastic differential geometry in their formulation. The remarkable aspect of the GAT is the gauge symmetry, which can be tran...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,158 Views
13 Pages

This study examines the impact of changes in the yield curve factors on the Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads of the U.S. industrial sectors. Stock returns and the crude oil-based volatility index are used in a quantile regression framework to test t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,269 Views
22 Pages

ECB Monetary Policy and the Term Structure of Bank Default Risk

  • Tom Beernaert,
  • Nicolas Soenen and
  • Rudi Vander Vennet

Euro Area banks have been confronted with unprecedented monetary policy actions by the ECB. Monetary policy may affect bank risk profiles, but the consequences may differ for short-term risk versus long-term or structural bank risk. We empirically in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,988 Views
16 Pages

6 December 2019

This study examines the short- and long-run effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities on the credit risk implied in credit derivative prices. Measuring the different term effects on credit risk by the slope of credit default swap (C...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,463 Views
33 Pages

This study analyzes the term structures of sovereign quanto credit default swap (CDS) spreads and currency options, which are driven by anticipated currency depreciation risk following sovereign credit default (Twin Ds). We develop consistent pricing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,977 Views
27 Pages

24 February 2025

With the proliferation of mobile devices and payment systems in modern financial services, there is an increasing need to process and analyze continuous streams of transaction data for credit risk assessment. Leveraging the inherent symmetries in fin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,034 Views
24 Pages

This work aims to illustrate an advanced quantitative methodology for measuring the credit risk of a loan portfolio allowing for diversification effects. Also, this methodology can allocate the credit capital coherently to each counterparty in the po...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,596 Views
12 Pages

24 December 2021

In this paper, we study the valuation of power exchange options with a correlated hybrid credit risk when the underlying assets follow the jump-diffusion processes. The hybrid credit risk model is constructed using two credit risk models (the reduced...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,464 Views
22 Pages

Development of an Impairment Point in Time Probability of Default Model for Revolving Retail Credit Products: South African Case Study

  • Douw Gerbrand Breed,
  • Niel van Jaarsveld,
  • Carsten Gerken,
  • Tanja Verster and
  • Helgard Raubenheimer

15 November 2021

A new methodology to derive IFRS 9 PiT PDs is proposed. The methodology first derives a PiT term structure with accompanying segmented term structures. Secondly, the calibration of credit scores using the Lorenz curve approach is used to create accou...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,028 Views
16 Pages

Credit Risk Contagion and Systemic Risk on Networks

  • Marina Dolfin,
  • Damian Knopoff,
  • Michele Limosani and
  • Maria Gabriella Xibilia

7 August 2019

This paper proposes a model of the dynamics of credit contagion through non-performing loans on financial networks. Credit risk contagion is modeled in the context of the classical SIS (Susceptibles-Infected-Susceptibles) epidemic processes on networ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,741 Views
18 Pages

13 December 2023

In 2012, China issued the “Green Credit Guidelines” policy to guide the green transformation of companies, and at the same time, the investment and financing behaviors of heavy polluters during the green transition have received widesprea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
72 Citations
9,463 Views
19 Pages

Green Credit, Debt Maturity, and Corporate Investment—Evidence from China

  • Enxian Wang,
  • Xinghe Liu,
  • Jiapeng Wu and
  • Danting Cai

23 January 2019

Against the backdrop of working hard to build a beautiful country, this paper uses the promulgation of the “Green Credit Guidelines” policy in China as a quasi-natural experiment. Based on a difference-in-differences (DID) model, the resu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
991 Views
30 Pages

This study investigates the relationship between sovereign credit rating transitions and domestic equity market performance, focusing on Greece from 2004 to 2024. Although credit ratings are central to sovereign risk assessment, their immediate influ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,467 Views
18 Pages

The Nexus of Banks’ Competition, Ownership Structure, and Economic Growth on Credit Risk and Financial Stability

  • Md. Abdul Halim,
  • Syed Moudud-Ul-Huq,
  • Farid Ahammad Sobhani,
  • Ziaul Karim and
  • Zinnatun Nesa

The main object of this research is to find out the nexus of banks’ competition, ownership structure, and economic growth on credit risk and financial stability. In addition, it examines the level of financial stability, economic growth, and ow...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,928 Views
17 Pages

Default Ambiguity

  • Tolulope Fadina and
  • Thorsten Schmidt

10 June 2019

This paper discusses ambiguity in the context of single-name credit risk. We focus on uncertainty in the default intensity but also discuss uncertainty in the recovery in a fractional recovery of the market value. This approach is a first step toward...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
10,223 Views
15 Pages

P2P Network Lending, Loss Given Default and Credit Risks

  • Guangyou Zhou,
  • Yijia Zhang and
  • Sumei Luo

29 March 2018

Peer-to-peer (P2P) network lending is a new mode of internet finance that still holds credit risk as its main risk. According to the internal rating method of the New Basel Accord, in addition to the probability of default, loss given default is also...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
9,349 Views
23 Pages

29 November 2017

Credit risk rating is shown to be a relevant determinant in order to estimate good corporate governance and to self-optimize capital structure. The conclusion is argued from a study on a selected (and justified) sample of (182) companies listed on th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,350 Views
12 Pages

The rise of financial technology (fintech) driven business models in banking poses a challenge for financial regulators. While the positive effects on the banking sector in terms of greater diversity and competition are generally recognized and encou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,551 Views
26 Pages

28 May 2025

This study explores the nuanced relationship between biodiversity and sovereign credit ratings, underscoring the link between environmental sustainability and economic resilience. As credit rating methodologies increasingly incorporate Environmental,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,221 Views
18 Pages

The current study examines the application of advanced machine learning (ML) techniques for forecasting credit risk in Islamic (participation) and traditional banks in the United Kingdom in 2010–2023. Leveraging an equally weighted panel datase...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
23,535 Views
16 Pages

A Forward-Looking IFRS 9 Methodology, Focussing on the Incorporation of Macroeconomic and Macroprudential Information into Expected Credit Loss Calculation

  • Douw Gerbrand Breed,
  • Jacques Hurter,
  • Mercy Marimo,
  • Matheba Raletjene,
  • Helgard Raubenheimer,
  • Vibhu Tomar and
  • Tanja Verster

14 March 2023

The International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 relates to the recognition of an entity’s financial asset/liability in its financial statement, and includes an expected credit loss (ECL) framework for recognising impairment. The quantif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
552 Views
34 Pages

Machine Learning Analysis of Financial Risk Dynamics in Micro-, Small, and Medium Enterprises

  • Dražen Božović,
  • Nataša Perović,
  • Marinko Aleksić,
  • Ivana Rašović and
  • Oto Iker

5 December 2025

This study examines the use of artificial neural networks (ANNs) to classify financial risks in micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Montenegro and the wider Western Balkan region. The economies in this region share structural simi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,200 Views
23 Pages

7 May 2024

The greatest source of failure in portfolio analytics is not individual models that perform poorly, but rather an inability to integrate models quantitatively across management functions. The separable components of age–period–cohort mode...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,572 Views
14 Pages

14 April 2021

The objective of this research was to demonstrate the (nonlinear) risks of sovereign insolvency and explore the applicability of stochastic modeling in public debt management, given a structural economic model of stochastic government debt dynamics....

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,894 Views
22 Pages

14 April 2025

Climate change-induced floods and droughts pose significant threats to rice farm development in Indonesia, particularly in regions reliant on pump-based irrigation systems. The urgency of this study lies in the increasing vulnerability of rice produc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,585 Views
20 Pages

23 July 2024

Against the background of the increasing financialization of manufacturing enterprises, whether green financial policies can inhibit the financialization of manufacturing enterprises is a major practical issue worth exploring. It can help government...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,643 Views
17 Pages

Credit and Loan Approval Classification Using a Bio-Inspired Neural Network

  • Spyridon D. Mourtas,
  • Vasilios N. Katsikis,
  • Predrag S. Stanimirović and
  • Lev A. Kazakovtsev

Numerous people are applying for bank loans as a result of the banking industry’s expansion, but because banks only have a certain amount of assets to lend to, they can only do so to a certain number of applicants. Therefore, the banking indust...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,493 Views
27 Pages

Sustainable Resilience in Flood-Prone Rice Farming: Adaptive Strategies and Risk-Sharing Around Tempe Lake, Indonesia

  • Riri Amandaria,
  • Rahim Darma,
  • Majdah M. Zain,
  • Letty Fudjaja,
  • Muhammad Aksha Wahda,
  • Nitty Hirawaty Kamarulzaman,
  • Hamed Bakheet Ali and
  • Rida Akzar

11 March 2025

Recurrent flooding near Tempe Lake, Indonesia, exacerbated by climate change, presents significant challenges for rice-farming communities, threatening their livelihoods and food security. This study explores the adaptive strategies employed by farme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,596 Views
12 Pages

The aim of the paper is to assess the evolution of the cost of credit risk (CoR) of Polish banks as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first three quarters of 2020 as well as its microeconomic determinants. We analysed the structural diversity...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,593 Views
20 Pages

20 July 2021

Since 2018, the bond market has surpassed the stock market, becoming the biggest investment area in China’s security market, and the systemic risks of China’s bond market are of non-negligible importance. Based on daily interest rate data of represen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,740 Views
19 Pages

Exploring the Role of Global Value Chain Position in Economic Models for Bankruptcy Forecasting

  • Mélanie Croquet,
  • Loredana Cultrera,
  • Dimitri Laroutis,
  • Laetitia Pozniak and
  • Guillaume Vermeylen

This study addresses a significant gap in the literature by comparing the effectiveness of traditional statistical methods with artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in predicting bankruptcy among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Traditio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,892 Views
15 Pages

The Optimal Stopping Problem under a Random Horizon

  • Tahir Choulli and
  • Safa’ Alsheyab

23 April 2024

This paper considers a pair (F,τ), where F is a filtration representing the “public” flow of information that is available to all agents over time, and τ is a random time that might not be an F-stopping time. This setting covers t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,197 Views
20 Pages

22 September 2022

The water environment treatment public-private partnership (PPP) project has a long cooperation period, large investment scale, high technical requirements, and more complex risks, which are very important to identifying and preventing risks. This pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,893 Views
41 Pages

26 September 2023

We present a semi-static replication algorithm for Bermudan swaptions under an affine, multi-factor term structure model. In contrast to dynamic replication, which needs to be continuously updated as the market moves, a semi-static replication needs...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,508 Views
19 Pages

Self-Assembling Peptides for Vaccine Adjuvant Discovery

  • Jingyi Fan,
  • Istvan Toth and
  • Rachel J. Stephenson

1 October 2024

Vaccination is credited as a significant medical achievement contributing to the decline in morbidity and mortality of infectious diseases. Traditional vaccines composed of inactivated and live-attenuated whole pathogens confer the induction of poten...