Blockchains, Real-time Accounting, and the Future of Credit Risk Modeling

Authors

  • Hans Byström

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ledger.2019.100

Keywords:

blockchain, credit risk modeling, real-time accounting

Abstract

In this paper I discuss how blockchains potentially could affect the way credit risk is modeled, and how the improved trust and timing associated with blockchain-enabled real-time accounting could improve default prediction. To demonstrate the (quite substantial) effect the change would have on well-known credit risk measures, a simple case-study compares Z-scores and Merton distances to default computed using typical accounting data of today to the same risk measures computed under a hypothetical future blockchain regime.

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2019-04-30

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Byström, H. (2019). Blockchains, Real-time Accounting, and the Future of Credit Risk Modeling. Ledger, 4. https://doi.org/10.5195/ledger.2019.100

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Vol. 4 (2019)

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