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Title:

Estimation Of Customer Default Based On Behavioural Variables

Authors:

Nora Felfoeldi-Szuecs

Published in:

 

 

(2016).ECMS 2016 Proceedings edited by: Thorsen Claus, Frank Herrmann, Michael Manitz, Oliver Rose, European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2016

 

 

ISBN: 978-0-9932440-2-5

 

30th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation,

Regensburg Germany, May 31st – June 3rd, 2016

 

Citation format:

Nora Felfoeldi-Szuecs (2016). Estimation Of Customer Default Based On Behavioural Variables, ECMS 2016 Proceedings edited by: Thorsten Claus, Frank Herrmann, Michael Manitz, Oliver Rose  European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2016-0192

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2016-0192

Abstract:

The paper focuses on the estimation of customer default amoung the small and medium enterprises (SME). Based on the literature on credit scoring modelswebuild a logistic regression model which is widely used by commercial banks. Our models predicting customers’ default on their payables to suppliers are estimated on a sample of a customer portfolio of 905 SME clients. Based on the analysis the non-financial, behavioural variables estimate better customer default than the financial ratios. Our models perform weaker than the usual performance level of scoring models in commercial bank. This result assumes that defaulting on a payable to suppliers is an early signal of possible financial difficulties.

 

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