Probability forecasts

Statistik/Ökonometrie

Evaluating probability forecasts in terms of refinement and strictly proper scoring rules

This note gives an easily verified necessary and sufficient condition for one probability forecaster to empirically outperform another one in terms...

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Statistik/Ökonometrie

Comparing the accuracy of default predictions in the rating industry

The case of Moody’s vs. S&P

We consider 1927 borrowers from 54 countries who had a credit rating by both Moody’s and S&P as of the end of 1998, and their subsequent default...

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Statistik/Ökonometrie

On the ordering of probability forecasts

The paper explores the relationship between various orderings among probability forecasts that have been suggested in the literature. It is shown...

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