Using a unique data set on companies' defaults provided by a consortium of 31 banks, this paper gives new insights into the determinants of the workout-loss-given-default (W-LGD): losses based on the cash flows observed between the default and the resolution times.As between 1997 and 2010, 18%...

We present an analysis of the sensitivity of household mortgage probabilities of default (PDs) and loss given default (LGDs) on unemployment rates, house price growth, interest rates, and other drivers. A structural micro-macro simulation model is used to that end. It is anchored in the balance...