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Record W4404518627 · doi:10.2139/ssrn.5015915

Bayesian Clustering for Portfolio Credit Risk

2024· preprint· en· W4404518627 on OpenAlexaff
Bohdan Horak, Christoph Frei

Bibliographic record

VenueSSRN Electronic Journal · 2024
Typepreprint
Languageen
FieldEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
TopicFinancial Risk and Volatility Modeling
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Alberta
Fundersnot available
KeywordsCluster analysisPortfolioCredit riskBayesian probabilityEconometricsEconomicsComputer scienceActuarial scienceBusinessFinancial economicsArtificial intelligence

Abstract

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Credit risk models for loan portfolios typically assume that exposures can be assigned to homogeneous risk buckets, as in Vasicek-type and Basel-style portfolio credit risk models. We propose a Bayesian clustering model for constructing homogeneous risk buckets directly from loan credit histories. In contrast to traditional segmentation, the framework assigns weighted memberships across multiple clusters, capturing cross-sector and multi-factor exposures more realistically. Using both simulated and real credit data, we find that the proposed method can improve the estimation of loss distributions, Value-at-Risk, and Expected Shortfall. The approach provides a statistically robust and operationally tractable alternative to conventional bucketing, offering a more flexible foundation for portfolio credit risk management and capital assessment.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.007
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.037
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.014
Threshold uncertainty score0.035

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0070.037
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0040.002
Bibliometrics0.0040.004
Science and technology studies0.0020.002
Scholarly communication0.0030.005
Open science0.0040.003
Research integrity0.0040.004
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0060.002

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.022
GPT teacher head0.246
Teacher spread0.224 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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