TY - CHAP
T1 - A Generalized Additive Model for Binary Rare Events Data: an Application to Credit Defaults.
AU - Calabrese, Raffaella
AU - Osmetti, Silvia Angela
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We aim at proposing a new model for binary rare events, i.e. binary depen-
dent variable with a very small number of ones.We extend the Generalized Extreme
Value (GEV) regression model proposed by Calabrese and Osmetti [5] to a Gener-
alized Additive Model (GAM). We suggest to consider the quantile function of the
GEV distribution as a link function in a GAM, so we propose the Generalized Extreme Value Additive (GEVA) model. In order to estimate the GEVA model, a modified version of the local scoring algorithm of GAM is proposed. Finally, to model
default probability, we apply our proposal to empirical data on Italian Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The results show that the GEVA model has a higher
predictive accuracy to identify the rare event than the logistic additive model.
AB - We aim at proposing a new model for binary rare events, i.e. binary depen-
dent variable with a very small number of ones.We extend the Generalized Extreme
Value (GEV) regression model proposed by Calabrese and Osmetti [5] to a Gener-
alized Additive Model (GAM). We suggest to consider the quantile function of the
GEV distribution as a link function in a GAM, so we propose the Generalized Extreme Value Additive (GEVA) model. In order to estimate the GEVA model, a modified version of the local scoring algorithm of GAM is proposed. Finally, to model
default probability, we apply our proposal to empirical data on Italian Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The results show that the GEVA model has a higher
predictive accuracy to identify the rare event than the logistic additive model.
KW - credit defaults
KW - generalized additive model
KW - generalized extreme value distribution
KW - local scoring algorithm
KW - credit defaults
KW - generalized additive model
KW - generalized extreme value distribution
KW - local scoring algorithm
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/56463
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-06692-9_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-06692-9_9
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-319-06691-2
T3 - STUDIES IN CLASSIFICATION, DATA ANALYSIS, AND KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION
SP - 73
EP - 81
BT - Analysis and Modeling of Complex Data in Behavioural and
Social Sciences
A2 - Vicari, D
A2 - Okada, A
A2 - Ragozini, G
A2 - Weihs, C
ER -