Asymmetric Loan Loss Provision Models

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Sudipta Basu

Temple University - Department of Accounting

Justin Vitanza

Temple University - Department of Finance

Wei Wang

Temple University - Department of Accounting

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Date Written: August 25, 2020

Abstract

Large net loan charge-offs are frequently associated with large decreases in nonperforming loans and large increases in loan loss provisions, inducing a V-shaped relation between loan loss provisions and nonperforming loan changes. Failure to model the asymmetry attributable to net loan charge-offs can change inferences about the presence of earnings management and the effects of delayed loan loss recognition in prior papers that assumed linearity. Future researchers should either include net loan charge-offs in linear models of loan loss provisions or explicitly model the asymmetry induced by omitting net loan charge-offs.

Keywords: loan collectability, loan charge-offs, misspecification, delayed loan loss recognition, conditional conservatism

JEL Classification: G21, G28, M41, M48

Suggested Citation

Basu, Sudipta and Vitanza, Justin and Wang, Wei, Asymmetric Loan Loss Provision Models (August 25, 2020). Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3681397

Sudipta Basu (Contact Author)

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Justin Vitanza

Temple University - Department of Finance ( email )

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Wei Wang

Temple University - Department of Accounting ( email )

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