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Application of Recursive Partitioning to Agricultural Credit Scoring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Michael P. Novak  and
Eddy LaDue
Michael P. Novak
Affiliation:
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, Washington, DC
Eddy LaDue
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Abstract

Recursive Partitioning Algorithm (RPA) is introduced as a technique for credit scoring analysis, which allows direct incorporation of misclassification costs. This study corroborates nonagricultural credit studies, which indicate that RPA outperforms logistic regression based on within-sample observations. However, validation based on more appropriate out-of-sample observations indicates that logistic regression is superior under some conditions. Incorporation of misclassification costs can influence the creditworthiness decision.

Keywords

financecredit scoringmisclassificationrecursive partitioning algorith

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , April 1999 , pp. 109 - 122
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1999

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