In this study, we perform a quantitative analysis of loan applications by computing the probability of default of applicants using information provided in the Kenya Higher Education Loans application forms. We revisit theoretical distributions used in loan defaulters' analysis particularly, when outliers are significant. Log-logistic, two-parameter Weibull, logistic, log-normal and Burr distribution were compared via simulations. Logistic and log-logistic model performs well under concentrated outliers; a situation that replicates loan defaulters data. We then apply logistic regressions where the binomial nominal variable was defaulter or re-payer, and different factors affecting default probability of a student were treated as independent variables. The resulting models are verified by comparing results of observed data from the Kenyan Higher Education Loans Board.
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