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Predictive Merton

Firm-value models of default are the basis of KMV’s proprietary default prediction methodology. Recently, critics have attacked the methodology for its failure to include other potentially useful default indicators. Here, Stephen Kealhofer and Matthew Kurbat respond, arguing that such indicators fail to improve upon the KMV methodology’s predictive power.

Default risk is the uncertainty surrounding a firm’s ability to pay its creditors. Prior to default, we have no way of distinguishing for certain the firms that will default from those that will not. The best we can do is estimate the probability that a firm will default.

One way to tackle this problem is through the option pricing approach to default risk, sometimes known as the Merton approach

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