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Country risk analysis: an application of logistic regression and neural networks
(2017) Ncube, Gugulethu
Country risk evaluation is a crucial exercise when determining the ability of countries to repay their debts. The global environment is volatile and is ﬁlled with macro-economic, ﬁnancial and political factors that may aﬀect a country’s commercial environment, resulting in its inability to service its debt. This re search report compares the ability of conventional neural network models and traditional panel logistic regression models in assessing country risk. The mod els are developed using a set of economic, ﬁnancial and political risk factors obtained from the World Bank for the years 1996 to 2013 for 214 economies. These variables are used to assess the debt servicing capacity of the economies as this has a direct impact on the return on investments for ﬁnancial institu tions, investors, policy makers as well as researchers. The models developed may act as early warning systems to reduce exposure to country risk. Keywords: Country risk, Debt rescheduling, Panel logit model, Neural net work models