SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance
No 261:
Bank Lending Policy, Credit Scoring and the Survival of Loans
Kasper Roszbach ()
Abstract: To evaluate loan applicants, banks use a large variety of
systems. The objective of such credit scoring models typically is to
minimize default rates or the number of incorrectly classified loans.
Thereby they fail to take into account that loans are multiperiod
contracts. From a utility maximizing perspective it is not only important
to know if but also when a loan will default. In this paper a Tobit model
with a variable censoring threshold and sample selection effects is
estimated for (1) the decision to provide a loan or not and (2) the
survival of granted loans. The model is shown to be an affective tool to
separate applicants with short survival times from those with long
survivals The bank´s loan provision process is shown to be inefficient.
Loans are granted in a way that conflicts with both default risk
minimization and survival time maximization. There is thus no trade-off
between higher default risk and higher return in the policy of banks.
Keywords: Banks; lending policy; credit scoring; survival; loans.; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: C34; C35; D61; D81; G21; (follow links to similar papers)
28 pages, September 29, 1998
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