Table 9
Regressions of Changes in Default Rate of Corporate Bonds on Changes in Selected Nominal
Determinants -
AR-GARCH Estimation
Table 9 reports the results of the AR-GARCH estimation of regression model (6) in which the dependent
variable is the monthly change in the default rates from Moody’s. This regression model is of the
following form:
∆DR = β0 + β1∆YLT + β2 (∆YLT) 2 + β3∆Slope + β4I + ε,
where ∆DR is the monthly change in the default rates, ∆YLT is the monthly change in the nominal yield on
the constant maturity long-term Government of Canada (U. S.) index, (∆ YLT)2 is a convexity term, ∆Slope
is the monthly change in the nominal spread between the constant maturity long-term Government of
Canada (U.S.) index and the three-month Treasury bill yield, and I is the monthly nominal return on the
Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index (U.S. S&P 500 index). t-values are in parentheses, m gives the degree
of the autoregressive process as determined by the stepwise autoregression method, p and q are the
GARCH(p,q) parameters, Norm. Test gives the p-value for the normality test for detecting
misspecification of the GARCH model, and finally LM gives the p-value for the Lagrange multiplier test.
Panel A reports the estimates for historical tracing default rates of all North-American corporate bonds,
covering the 01:1980-12:2001 22 year period. Panel B outlines the results for the 01:2000-09:2004
period, in which forecasted default rates for only speculative bonds are used as dependent variables.
Panel A: |
01:1980-12:2001____________________________________ | ||||||||
Regression Coefficients |
AR and GARCH Parameters______ | ||||||||
Countries |
β 0 |
β1 |
β 1 |
β 3 |
β 4 |
m p |
q |
Norm. Test R2 |
LM |
U.S. |
0.0002 |
-0.0001 (-0.27) |
-0.0002 (-0.36) |
0.0002 |
-0.0050 (-2.72) |
1,2 0 |
1 |
<0.0001 0.16 |
0.0070 |
Canada |
0.0001 |
0.0000 |
0.0000 |
0.0002 |
0.0000 |
11 |
1 |
<0.0001 0.13 |
0.0050 |
Panel B: |
01:2000-09:2004 | ||||||||
Regression Coefficients |
AR and GARCH Parameters Goodness of Fit | ||||||||
Countries |
β 0 |
β1 |
β 2 |
β 3 |
β 4 |
m p |
q |
Norm. Test R2 |
LM |
U.S. |
-0.0009 (-1.07) |
-0.0020 (-0.78) |
0.0070 |
0.0040 |
0.0080 |
-- |
- |
- 0.05 |
- |
Canada |
-0.0009 (-3.21) |
0.0037 |
0.0240 |
0.0006 |
-0.0007 (-0.12) |
-- |
- |
- 0.13 |
- |
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