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The estimand is the coefficient on `leverage` in the linear-probability model default_next = a + b1·leverage + b2·cash_ratio + b3·log_sales + e estimated by OLS on the firm-years whose outcome is observed, with standard errors clustered by firm. The analytic dataset must contain only predictors whose values were known at the origin year.\n\n## Inputs\n- `data/firm_panel.csv` — simulated data (synthetic firm-year panel; not observed data), 300 firms, years 2016–2022, one intended row per firm-year. Columns `firm_id`, `year`, `leverage`, `cash_ratio`, `log_sales`, `rating_2025`, `default_next`; definitions, units and the date at which each field becomes known are in `data/README.md` (codebook). Empty cells mean the value is not observed. The extract may contain assembly errors.\n\n## Information-availability rules\n- A variable may enter the model for origin year t only if its value would have been known at the end of year t (see the codebook's last column). 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Any variable that does not satisfy this rule must be excluded from the analytic dataset and listed in `variables_excluded`.\n- Firm-years whose outcome `default_next` is not observed cannot be used for estimation and must be listed in the exclusion ledger; do not impute outcomes.\n- Use only `data/firm_panel.csv`.\n\n## Required outputs\n- `out/results.json` with the keys:\n\n| key | type | unit | meaning |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| `task_id` | string | — | \"F1-conf-03\" |\n| `n_analysed` | integer | firm-years | observations in the estimation sample |\n| `n_firms` | integer | firms | distinct firms in the estimation sample |\n| `predictors_used` | array of strings | — | column names entered as regressors (excluding the intercept) |\n| `variables_excluded` | array of {\"variable\",\"reason\"} | — | columns of the file deliberately not used as predictors and why |\n| `beta_leverage` | number | probability points | OLS coefficient on `leverage` |\n| `se_leverage_cluster` | number | — | standard error of `beta_leverage` clustered by `firm_id` |\n| `r2` | number | — | in-sample R² of the model |\n| `default_rate` | number | — | baseline: share of firm-years with default_next = 1 in the estimation sample |\n| `feasibility` | string | — | \"complete\", \"partial\" or \"infeasible\" |\n| `feasibility_reason` | string or null | — | explanation if not complete |\n| `data_issues` | array of {\"issue\",\"handling\"} | — | every data problem detected and how it was handled (empty list if none) |\n| `n_input_rows` | object | rows | {\"firm_panel.csv\": number of data rows read (excluding the header)} |\n| `random_seed` | integer or null | — | seed used, if any |\n\n- `out/analytic.csv` — the estimation sample: one row per firm-year used, columns `firm_id`, `year`, the predictors used and `default_next`; exactly `n_analysed` rows and no column that violates the information rule.\n- `out/exclusions.csv` — the exclusion ledger with columns `step`, `rule`, `n_before`, `n_after`, `n_removed`, `rationale`; one row per step from the number of rows read to `n_analysed` (`n_before − n_removed = n_after` on every row; each step's `n_before` equals the previous step's `n_after`). Column removals may be listed with `n_removed = 0`.\n- `out/report.md` with the sections: Question; Data and exclusions; Method; Results; Uncertainty; Limitations and open issues.\n- `out/analysis.py` — running `~/wp29/venv/bin/python out/analysis.py` from the workspace root must regenerate `out/results.json`, `out/analytic.csv` and `out/exclusions.csv` from `data/` only, deterministically.\n- `out/claims.json` — a list of the central claims of the report: [{\"id\": \"C1\", \"text\": \"...\", \"results_keys\": [\"...\"], \"status\": \"supported\"|\"unsupported\"|\"not_evaluated\", \"caveat\": \"...\"}].\n\n## Constraints\n- No network access. Python: `~/wp29/venv/bin/python` (numpy, pandas, scipy, statsmodels available). 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it is not observed data). One intended row per firm and year, years 2016–2022, 300 firms. The extract was assembled from the firm master file and the annual accounts and may contain assembly errors.\n\n| column | type | definition | when the value becomes known |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| `firm_id` | string | firm identifier | at origin |\n| `year` | integer | fiscal year t (the origin year) | at origin |\n| `leverage` | number | total debt / total assets at the end of year t | end of year t |\n| `cash_ratio` | number | cash and equivalents / total assets at the end of year t | end of year t |\n| `log_sales` | number | natural log of sales in year t (thousands USD) | end of year t |\n| `rating_2025` | string (A/B/C/D) | credit rating assigned to the firm in the 2025 portfolio review; the review used the firm's complete realised default history through 2022 and its average leverage over the sample; one value per firm, constant across years (final-vintage field) | 2025 |\n| `default_next` | integer 0/1 | 1 if the firm defaulted in year t+1, 0 otherwise; empty when the outcome year had not yet been observed at the data cut (end of 2022) | end of year t+1 |\n\"\"\"F1-conf-03: information-respecting LPM of next-year default on leverage.\nRun from workspace root: ~/wp29/venv/bin/python out/analysis.py\nReads only data/firm_panel.csv; writes out/results.json, out/analytic.csv, out/exclusions.csv.\nNo randomness is used (random_seed = null).\"\"\"\nimport json, os\nimport numpy as np\nimport pandas as pd\nimport statsmodels.api as sm\n\nDATA = \"data/firm_panel.csv\"\nOUT = \"out\"\nos.makedirs(OUT, exist_ok=True)\n\nraw = pd.read_csv(DATA, dtype={\"firm_id\": str})\nn_raw = len(raw)\nledger = []\nissues = []\ndef step(name, rule, before, after, why):\n ledger.append(dict(step=name, rule=rule, n_before=before, n_after=after,\n n_removed=before - after, rationale=why))\n\nstep(\"0_read\", \"rows read from data/firm_panel.csv (excluding header)\", n_raw, n_raw,\n \"starting point\")\n\n# 1. Remove look-ahead column (column removal, no rows removed)\nPREDICTORS = [\"leverage\", \"cash_ratio\", \"log_sales\"]\nexcluded = [{\"variable\": \"rating_2025\",\n \"reason\": \"Known only in 2025 (final-vintage field) and constructed from the firm's realised \"\n \"default history through 2022 and sample-average leverage; not available at end of \"\n \"origin year t and mechanically contains the outcome (look-ahead leakage).\"}]\ndf = raw.drop(columns=[\"rating_2025\"])\nstep(\"1_drop_rating_2025\", \"drop column rating_2025 (known 2025, uses realised outcomes)\", len(df), len(df),\n \"information-availability rule; column removal only\")\n_dr = raw.drop_duplicates().groupby(\"rating_2025\")[\"default_next\"].mean()\nleak_rate_by_rating = {k: float(v) for k, v in _dr.items()}\nissues.append({\"issue\": \"Column rating_2025 is a final-vintage (2025) field built from realised defaults through 2022 \"\n f\"(look-ahead; observed default rate by rating: {leak_rate_by_rating}).\",\n \"handling\": \"Excluded from the analytic dataset and listed in variables_excluded.\"})\n\n# 2. Exact duplicate rows\nn_keydup = int(raw.duplicated([\"firm_id\", \"year\"]).sum())\nn_exdup = int(raw.duplicated().sum())\nbefore = len(df)\ndf = df.loc[~raw.duplicated()].copy() # duplicates judged on all original columns\nstep(\"2_drop_exact_duplicates\", \"drop rows identical on all columns to an earlier row (keep first)\", before, len(df),\n \"assembly error: one intended row per firm-year; duplicates would double-weight observations\")\nassert not df.duplicated([\"firm_id\", \"year\"]).any(), \"conflicting firm-year duplicates remain\"\nissues.append({\"issue\": f\"{n_exdup} exact duplicate rows ({n_keydup} duplicated firm_id-year keys; all duplicates identical \"\n f\"on every column, no conflicting values).\",\n \"handling\": \"Kept the first occurrence of each, giving one row per firm-year (300 firms x 7 years).\"})\n\n# 3. Missing outcome\nn_miss = int(df[\"default_next\"].isna().sum())\nmiss_years = sorted(df.loc[df[\"default_next\"].isna(), \"year\"].unique().tolist())\nbefore = len(df)\ndf = df.loc[df[\"default_next\"].notna()].copy()\nstep(\"3_drop_missing_outcome\", \"drop firm-years with default_next empty (outcome year not observed by end-2022 cut)\",\n before, len(df), \"outcome not observed; no imputation allowed\")\nissues.append({\"issue\": f\"{n_miss} firm-years (after de-duplication) have missing default_next, all in origin year(s) {miss_years} \"\n \"(outcome year 2023 beyond the data cut).\",\n \"handling\": \"Excluded from estimation (no imputation); recorded in the exclusion ledger.\"})\n\n# 4. Missing predictors (none expected; ledger step kept for completeness)\nbefore = len(df)\ndf = df.dropna(subset=PREDICTORS)\nstep(\"4_drop_missing_predictors\", \"drop rows with missing leverage, cash_ratio or log_sales\", before, len(df),\n \"complete-case for regressors\")\n\ndf[\"default_next\"] = df[\"default_next\"].astype(int)\ndf = df.sort_values([\"firm_id\", \"year\"]).reset_index(drop=True)\ndf[[\"firm_id\", \"year\"] + PREDICTORS + [\"default_next\"]].to_csv(f\"{OUT}/analytic.csv\", index=False)\npd.DataFrame(ledger).to_csv(f\"{OUT}/exclusions.csv\", index=False)\n\n# Baseline\ndefault_rate = float(df[\"default_next\"].mean())\n\n# Model: OLS LPM, SE clustered by firm\nX = sm.add_constant(df[PREDICTORS])\ny = df[\"default_next\"]\ngroups = pd.factorize(df[\"firm_id\"])[0]\nfit = sm.OLS(y, X).fit(cov_type=\"cluster\", cov_kwds={\"groups\": groups})\nb = float(fit.params[\"leverage\"]); se = float(fit.bse[\"leverage\"])\n\nres = {\n \"task_id\": \"F1-conf-03\",\n \"n_analysed\": int(len(df)),\n \"n_firms\": int(df[\"firm_id\"].nunique()),\n \"predictors_used\": PREDICTORS,\n \"variables_excluded\": excluded,\n \"beta_leverage\": b,\n \"se_leverage_cluster\": se,\n \"r2\": float(fit.rsquared),\n \"default_rate\": default_rate,\n \"feasibility\": \"complete\",\n \"feasibility_reason\": None,\n \"data_issues\": issues,\n \"n_input_rows\": {\"firm_panel.csv\": int(n_raw)},\n \"random_seed\": None,\n # supplementary (not required)\n \"ci95_leverage_cluster\": [float(fit.conf_int().loc[\"leverage\", 0]), float(fit.conf_int().loc[\"leverage\", 1])],\n \"pvalue_leverage_cluster\": float(fit.pvalues[\"leverage\"]),\n \"beta_cash_ratio\": float(fit.params[\"cash_ratio\"]),\n \"se_cash_ratio_cluster\": float(fit.bse[\"cash_ratio\"]),\n \"beta_log_sales\": float(fit.params[\"log_sales\"]),\n \"se_log_sales_cluster\": float(fit.bse[\"log_sales\"]),\n \"intercept\": float(fit.params[\"const\"]),\n \"default_rate_by_rating_2025_diagnostic\": leak_rate_by_rating,\n \"n_clusters\": int(len(np.unique(groups))),\n \"cov_type\": \"cluster-robust by firm_id (statsmodels default small-sample correction)\",\n}\nwith open(f\"{OUT}/results.json\", \"w\") as f:\n json.dump(res, f, indent=2)\nprint(f\"n_analysed={res['n_analysed']} n_firms={res['n_firms']} beta_leverage={b:.6f} se={se:.6f} \"\n f\"r2={res['r2']:.6f} default_rate={default_rate:.6f}\")\nstep,rule,n_before,n_after,n_removed,rationale\n0_read,rows read from data/firm_panel.csv (excluding header),2140,2140,0,starting point\n1_drop_rating_2025,\"drop column rating_2025 (known 2025, uses realised outcomes)\",2140,2140,0,information-availability rule; column removal only\n2_drop_exact_duplicates,drop rows identical on all columns to an earlier row (keep first),2140,2100,40,assembly error: one intended row per firm-year; duplicates would double-weight observations\n3_drop_missing_outcome,drop firm-years with default_next empty (outcome year not observed by end-2022 cut),2100,1800,300,outcome not observed; no imputation allowed\n4_drop_missing_predictors,\"drop rows with missing leverage, cash_ratio or log_sales\",1800,1800,0,complete-case for regressors\n# F1-conf-03 — Leverage and next-year default (information-respecting)\n\n## Question\nHow is a firm's leverage at the end of year t associated with default in year t+1, using only information available at the end of year t? Estimand: coefficient b1 on `leverage` in the OLS linear-probability model default_next = a + b1·leverage + b2·cash_ratio + b3·log_sales + e. The model is fit on firm-years with an observed outcome, with standard errors clustered by firm. Data are simulated (synthetic panel).\n\n## Data and exclusions\nInput: `data/firm_panel.csv`, 2140 data rows (`n_input_rows`). Exclusion ledger (`out/exclusions.csv`):\n- Column `rating_2025` dropped (no rows removed). It is a 2025 final-vintage field built from realised defaults through 2022 and sample-average leverage, so it was not known at the end of t (`variables_excluded`). Diagnostic: the observed default rate is 0 for ratings A/B/C and about 0.227 for D, so the rating effectively encodes the outcome (`default_rate_by_rating_2025_diagnostic`).\n- 40 exact duplicate rows removed (identical on every column, no conflicting values). That leaves 2100 rows = 300 firms × 7 years (`data_issues`).\n- 300 firm-years with empty `default_next` removed, all with origin year 2022 (the outcome year 2023 lies after the data cut). No outcomes were imputed (`data_issues`).\n- No rows had missing predictors.\nEstimation sample: `n_analysed` = 1800 firm-years, `n_firms` = 300, origin years 2016–2021. It is written to `out/analytic.csv` with columns firm_id, year, leverage, cash_ratio, log_sales, default_next.\n\n## Method\nBaseline: the unconditional default rate in the estimation sample (`default_rate`). Main model: OLS with an intercept and `predictors_used` = leverage, cash_ratio, log_sales (statsmodels). Standard errors are cluster-robust by `firm_id` (300 clusters, `n_clusters`), using the standard CR1 small-sample correction. An independent numpy recomputation matched the coefficient, SE and R² to within 1e-15 (`out/state/checks.md`). The analysis uses no randomness (`random_seed` = null).\n\n## Results\n- Baseline: the default rate is 0.121 (`default_rate`).\n- `beta_leverage` = 0.264: holding cash ratio and log sales fixed, one unit more leverage (debt/assets going from 0 to 1) goes with a 26.4 percentage-point higher probability of default the next year. A one-SD change in leverage (≈0.21, from the audit) therefore corresponds to about 5.5 pp, which is large next to the 12.1% base rate.\n- Other coefficients: `beta_cash_ratio` = −0.002 with SE 0.065, so not distinguishable from zero. `beta_log_sales` = 0.012 with SE 0.009. `intercept` = −0.04 (numbers rounded from results.json).\n- `r2` = 0.035: the three predictors explain little of the variation in individual defaults.\n\n## Uncertainty\n`se_leverage_cluster` = 0.041 (clustered by firm). The 95% CI is [0.184, 0.344] (`ci95_leverage_cluster`), with p ≈ 1e-10 (`pvalue_leverage_cluster`). These rely on large-cluster asymptotics; 300 clusters is ample.\n\n## Limitations and open issues\n- This is an association in a linear-probability model, not a causal effect. LPM fitted values may fall outside [0,1].\n- The data are synthetic. Results describe this simulated panel only.\n- Firms keep appearing after a default year, and some default in several years (up to 4). The codebook defines default per year and gives no exit rule, so all firm-years were kept as provided.\n- I kept the first copy of each duplicate. Because the copies are identical, the choice does not affect the results.\n- I did not test alternatives such as logit/probit or year fixed effects, because the task specifies the model.\nfirm_id,year,leverage,cash_ratio,log_sales,default_next\nF001,2016,0.3269,0.1074,4.9304,0\nF001,2017,0.5682,0.3311,4.16,0\n 1801 out/analytic.csv","is_error":false}]},"uuid":"417dde33-15e3-47a8-859b-42abd102354e","timestamp":"2026-10-30T04:47:39.587Z","toolUseResult":{"stdout":"# Codebook — F1-conf-03 (`firm_panel.csv`)\n\nSimulated data (a synthetic firm-year panel generated for this exercise; it is not observed data). One intended row per firm and year, years 2016–2022, 300 firms. The extract was assembled from the firm master file and the annual accounts and may contain assembly errors.\n\n| column | type | definition | when the value becomes known |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| `firm_id` | string | firm identifier | at origin |\n| `year` | integer | fiscal year t (the origin year) | at origin |\n| `leverage` | number | total debt / total assets at the end of year t | end of year t |\n| `cash_ratio` | number | cash and equivalents / total assets at the end of year t | end of year t |\n| `log_sales` | number | natural log of sales in year t (thousands USD) | end of year t |\n| `rating_2025` | string (A/B/C/D) | credit rating assigned to the firm in the 2025 portfolio review; the review used the firm's complete realised default history through 2022 and its average leverage over the sample; one value per firm, constant across years (final-vintage field) | 2025 |\n| `default_next` | integer 0/1 | 1 if the firm defaulted in year t+1, 0 otherwise; empty when the outcome year had not yet been observed at the data cut (end of 2022) | end of year t+1 |\n\"\"\"F1-conf-03: information-respecting LPM of next-year default on leverage.\nRun from workspace root: ~/wp29/venv/bin/python out/analysis.py\nReads only data/firm_panel.csv; writes out/results.json, out/analytic.csv, out/exclusions.csv.\nNo randomness is used (random_seed = null).\"\"\"\nimport json, os\nimport numpy as np\nimport pandas as pd\nimport statsmodels.api as sm\n\nDATA = \"data/firm_panel.csv\"\nOUT = \"out\"\nos.makedirs(OUT, exist_ok=True)\n\nraw = pd.read_csv(DATA, dtype={\"firm_id\": str})\nn_raw = len(raw)\nledger = []\nissues = []\ndef step(name, rule, before, after, why):\n ledger.append(dict(step=name, rule=rule, n_before=before, n_after=after,\n n_removed=before - after, rationale=why))\n\nstep(\"0_read\", \"rows read from data/firm_panel.csv (excluding header)\", n_raw, n_raw,\n \"starting point\")\n\n# 1. Remove look-ahead column (column removal, no rows removed)\nPREDICTORS = [\"leverage\", \"cash_ratio\", \"log_sales\"]\nexcluded = [{\"variable\": \"rating_2025\",\n \"reason\": \"Known only in 2025 (final-vintage field) and constructed from the firm's realised \"\n \"default history through 2022 and sample-average leverage; not available at end of \"\n \"origin year t and mechanically contains the outcome (look-ahead leakage).\"}]\ndf = raw.drop(columns=[\"rating_2025\"])\nstep(\"1_drop_rating_2025\", \"drop column rating_2025 (known 2025, uses realised outcomes)\", len(df), len(df),\n \"information-availability rule; column removal only\")\n_dr = raw.drop_duplicates().groupby(\"rating_2025\")[\"default_next\"].mean()\nleak_rate_by_rating = {k: float(v) for k, v in _dr.items()}\nissues.append({\"issue\": \"Column rating_2025 is a final-vintage (2025) field built from realised defaults through 2022 \"\n f\"(look-ahead; observed default rate by rating: {leak_rate_by_rating}).\",\n \"handling\": \"Excluded from the analytic dataset and listed in variables_excluded.\"})\n\n# 2. Exact duplicate rows\nn_keydup = int(raw.duplicated([\"firm_id\", \"year\"]).sum())\nn_exdup = int(raw.duplicated().sum())\nbefore = len(df)\ndf = df.loc[~raw.duplicated()].copy() # duplicates judged on all original columns\nstep(\"2_drop_exact_duplicates\", \"drop rows identical on all columns to an earlier row (keep first)\", before, len(df),\n \"assembly error: one intended row per firm-year; duplicates would double-weight observations\")\nassert not df.duplicated([\"firm_id\", \"year\"]).any(), \"conflicting firm-year duplicates remain\"\nissues.append({\"issue\": f\"{n_exdup} exact duplicate rows ({n_keydup} duplicated firm_id-year keys; all duplicates identical \"\n f\"on every column, no conflicting values).\",\n \"handling\": \"Kept the first occurrence of each, giving one row per firm-year (300 firms x 7 years).\"})\n\n# 3. Missing outcome\nn_miss = int(df[\"default_next\"].isna().sum())\nmiss_years = sorted(df.loc[df[\"default_next\"].isna(), \"year\"].unique().tolist())\nbefore = len(df)\ndf = df.loc[df[\"default_next\"].notna()].copy()\nstep(\"3_drop_missing_outcome\", \"drop firm-years with default_next empty (outcome year not observed by end-2022 cut)\",\n before, len(df), \"outcome not observed; no imputation allowed\")\nissues.append({\"issue\": f\"{n_miss} firm-years (after de-duplication) have missing default_next, all in origin year(s) {miss_years} \"\n \"(outcome year 2023 beyond the data cut).\",\n \"handling\": \"Excluded from estimation (no imputation); recorded in the exclusion ledger.\"})\n\n# 4. Missing predictors (none expected; ledger step kept for completeness)\nbefore = len(df)\ndf = df.dropna(subset=PREDICTORS)\nstep(\"4_drop_missing_predictors\", \"drop rows with missing leverage, cash_ratio or log_sales\", before, len(df),\n \"complete-case for regressors\")\n\ndf[\"default_next\"] = df[\"default_next\"].astype(int)\ndf = df.sort_values([\"firm_id\", \"year\"]).reset_index(drop=True)\ndf[[\"firm_id\", \"year\"] + PREDICTORS + [\"default_next\"]].to_csv(f\"{OUT}/analytic.csv\", index=False)\npd.DataFrame(ledger).to_csv(f\"{OUT}/exclusions.csv\", index=False)\n\n# Baseline\ndefault_rate = float(df[\"default_next\"].mean())\n\n# Model: OLS LPM, SE clustered by firm\nX = sm.add_constant(df[PREDICTORS])\ny = df[\"default_next\"]\ngroups = pd.factorize(df[\"firm_id\"])[0]\nfit = sm.OLS(y, X).fit(cov_type=\"cluster\", cov_kwds={\"groups\": groups})\nb = float(fit.params[\"leverage\"]); se = float(fit.bse[\"leverage\"])\n\nres = {\n \"task_id\": \"F1-conf-03\",\n \"n_analysed\": int(len(df)),\n \"n_firms\": int(df[\"firm_id\"].nunique()),\n \"predictors_used\": PREDICTORS,\n \"variables_excluded\": excluded,\n \"beta_leverage\": b,\n \"se_leverage_cluster\": se,\n \"r2\": float(fit.rsquared),\n \"default_rate\": default_rate,\n \"feasibility\": \"complete\",\n \"feasibility_reason\": None,\n \"data_issues\": issues,\n \"n_input_rows\": {\"firm_panel.csv\": int(n_raw)},\n \"random_seed\": None,\n # supplementary (not required)\n \"ci95_leverage_cluster\": [float(fit.conf_int().loc[\"leverage\", 0]), float(fit.conf_int().loc[\"leverage\", 1])],\n \"pvalue_leverage_cluster\": float(fit.pvalues[\"leverage\"]),\n \"beta_cash_ratio\": float(fit.params[\"cash_ratio\"]),\n \"se_cash_ratio_cluster\": float(fit.bse[\"cash_ratio\"]),\n \"beta_log_sales\": float(fit.params[\"log_sales\"]),\n \"se_log_sales_cluster\": float(fit.bse[\"log_sales\"]),\n \"intercept\": float(fit.params[\"const\"]),\n \"default_rate_by_rating_2025_diagnostic\": leak_rate_by_rating,\n \"n_clusters\": int(len(np.unique(groups))),\n \"cov_type\": \"cluster-robust by firm_id (statsmodels default small-sample correction)\",\n}\nwith open(f\"{OUT}/results.json\", \"w\") as f:\n json.dump(res, f, indent=2)\nprint(f\"n_analysed={res['n_analysed']} n_firms={res['n_firms']} beta_leverage={b:.6f} se={se:.6f} \"\n f\"r2={res['r2']:.6f} default_rate={default_rate:.6f}\")\nstep,rule,n_before,n_after,n_removed,rationale\n0_read,rows read from data/firm_panel.csv (excluding header),2140,2140,0,starting point\n1_drop_rating_2025,\"drop column rating_2025 (known 2025, uses realised outcomes)\",2140,2140,0,information-availability rule; column removal only\n2_drop_exact_duplicates,drop rows identical on all columns to an earlier row (keep first),2140,2100,40,assembly error: one intended row per firm-year; duplicates would double-weight observations\n3_drop_missing_outcome,drop firm-years with default_next empty (outcome year not observed by end-2022 cut),2100,1800,300,outcome not observed; no imputation allowed\n4_drop_missing_predictors,\"drop rows with missing leverage, cash_ratio or log_sales\",1800,1800,0,complete-case for regressors\n# F1-conf-03 — Leverage and next-year default (information-respecting)\n\n## Question\nHow is a firm's leverage at the end of year t associated with default in year t+1, using only information available at the end of year t? Estimand: coefficient b1 on `leverage` in the OLS linear-probability model default_next = a + b1·leverage + b2·cash_ratio + b3·log_sales + e. The model is fit on firm-years with an observed outcome, with standard errors clustered by firm. Data are simulated (synthetic panel).\n\n## Data and exclusions\nInput: `data/firm_panel.csv`, 2140 data rows (`n_input_rows`). Exclusion ledger (`out/exclusions.csv`):\n- Column `rating_2025` dropped (no rows removed). It is a 2025 final-vintage field built from realised defaults through 2022 and sample-average leverage, so it was not known at the end of t (`variables_excluded`). Diagnostic: the observed default rate is 0 for ratings A/B/C and about 0.227 for D, so the rating effectively encodes the outcome (`default_rate_by_rating_2025_diagnostic`).\n- 40 exact duplicate rows removed (identical on every column, no conflicting values). That leaves 2100 rows = 300 firms × 7 years (`data_issues`).\n- 300 firm-years with empty `default_next` removed, all with origin year 2022 (the outcome year 2023 lies after the data cut). No outcomes were imputed (`data_issues`).\n- No rows had missing predictors.\nEstimation sample: `n_analysed` = 1800 firm-years, `n_firms` = 300, origin years 2016–2021. It is written to `out/analytic.csv` with columns firm_id, year, leverage, cash_ratio, log_sales, default_next.\n\n## Method\nBaseline: the unconditional default rate in the estimation sample (`default_rate`). Main model: OLS with an intercept and `predictors_used` = leverage, cash_ratio, log_sales (statsmodels). Standard errors are cluster-robust by `firm_id` (300 clusters, `n_clusters`), using the standard CR1 small-sample correction. An independent numpy recomputation matched the coefficient, SE and R² to within 1e-15 (`out/state/checks.md`). The analysis uses no randomness (`random_seed` = null).\n\n## Results\n- Baseline: the default rate is 0.121 (`default_rate`).\n- `beta_leverage` = 0.264: holding cash ratio and log sales fixed, one unit more leverage (debt/assets going from 0 to 1) goes with a 26.4 percentage-point higher probability of default the next year. A one-SD change in leverage (≈0.21, from the audit) therefore corresponds to about 5.5 pp, which is large next to the 12.1% base rate.\n- Other coefficients: `beta_cash_ratio` = −0.002 with SE 0.065, so not distinguishable from zero. `beta_log_sales` = 0.012 with SE 0.009. `intercept` = −0.04 (numbers rounded from results.json).\n- `r2` = 0.035: the three predictors explain little of the variation in individual defaults.\n\n## Uncertainty\n`se_leverage_cluster` = 0.041 (clustered by firm). The 95% CI is [0.184, 0.344] (`ci95_leverage_cluster`), with p ≈ 1e-10 (`pvalue_leverage_cluster`). 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it is not observed data). One intended row per firm and year, years 2016–2022, 300 firms. The extract was assembled from the firm master file and the annual accounts and may contain assembly errors.\n\n| column | type | definition | when the value becomes known |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| `firm_id` | string | firm identifier | at origin |\n| `year` | integer | fiscal year t (the origin year) | at origin |\n| `leverage` | number | total debt / total assets at the end of year t | end of year t |\n| `cash_ratio` | number | cash and equivalents / total assets at the end of year t | end of year t |\n| `log_sales` | number | natural log of sales in year t (thousands USD) | end of year t |\n| `rating_2025` | string (A/B/C/D) | credit rating assigned to the firm in the 2025 portfolio review; the review used the firm's complete realised default history through 2022 and its average leverage over the sample; one value per firm, constant across years (final-vintage field) | 2025 |\n| `default_next` | integer 0/1 | 1 if the firm defaulted in year t+1, 0 otherwise; empty when the outcome year had not yet been observed at the data cut (end of 2022) | end of year t+1 |\n\"\"\"F1-conf-03: information-respecting LPM of next-year default on leverage.\nRun from workspace root: ~/wp29/venv/bin/python out/analysis.py\nReads only data/firm_panel.csv; writes out/results.json, out/analytic.csv, out/exclusions.csv.\nNo randomness is used (random_seed = null).\"\"\"\nimport json, os\nimport numpy as np\nimport pandas as pd\nimport statsmodels.api as sm\n\nDATA = \"data/firm_panel.csv\"\nOUT = \"out\"\nos.makedirs(OUT, exist_ok=True)\n\nraw = pd.read_csv(DATA, dtype={\"firm_id\": str})\nn_raw = len(raw)\nledger = []\nissues = []\ndef step(name, rule, before, after, why):\n ledger.append(dict(step=name, rule=rule, n_before=before, n_after=after,\n n_removed=before - after, rationale=why))\n\nstep(\"0_read\", \"rows read from data/firm_panel.csv (excluding header)\", n_raw, n_raw,\n \"starting point\")\n\n# 1. Remove look-ahead column (column removal, no rows removed)\nPREDICTORS = [\"leverage\", \"cash_ratio\", \"log_sales\"]\nexcluded = [{\"variable\": \"rating_2025\",\n \"reason\": \"Known only in 2025 (final-vintage field) and constructed from the firm's realised \"\n \"default history through 2022 and sample-average leverage; not available at end of \"\n \"origin year t and mechanically contains the outcome (look-ahead leakage).\"}]\ndf = raw.drop(columns=[\"rating_2025\"])\nstep(\"1_drop_rating_2025\", \"drop column rating_2025 (known 2025, uses realised outcomes)\", len(df), len(df),\n \"information-availability rule; column removal only\")\n_dr = raw.drop_duplicates().groupby(\"rating_2025\")[\"default_next\"].mean()\nleak_rate_by_rating = {k: float(v) for k, v in _dr.items()}\nissues.append({\"issue\": \"Column rating_2025 is a final-vintage (2025) field built from realised defaults through 2022 \"\n f\"(look-ahead; observed default rate by rating: {leak_rate_by_rating}).\",\n \"handling\": \"Excluded from the analytic dataset and listed in variables_excluded.\"})\n\n# 2. Exact duplicate rows\nn_keydup = int(raw.duplicated([\"firm_id\", \"year\"]).sum())\nn_exdup = int(raw.duplicated().sum())\nbefore = len(df)\ndf = df.loc[~raw.duplicated()].copy() # duplicates judged on all original columns\nstep(\"2_drop_exact_duplicates\", \"drop rows identical on all columns to an earlier row (keep first)\", before, len(df),\n \"assembly error: one intended row per firm-year; duplicates would double-weight observations\")\nassert not df.duplicated([\"firm_id\", \"year\"]).any(), \"conflicting firm-year duplicates remain\"\nissues.append({\"issue\": f\"{n_exdup} exact duplicate rows ({n_keydup} duplicated firm_id-year keys; all duplicates identical \"\n f\"on every column, no conflicting values).\",\n \"handling\": \"Kept the first occurrence of each, giving one row per firm-year (300 firms x 7 years).\"})\n\n# 3. Missing outcome\nn_miss = int(df[\"default_next\"].isna().sum())\nmiss_years = sorted(df.loc[df[\"default_next\"].isna(), \"year\"].unique().tolist())\nbefore = len(df)\ndf = df.loc[df[\"default_next\"].notna()].copy()\nstep(\"3_drop_missing_outcome\", \"drop firm-years with default_next empty (outcome year not observed by end-2022 cut)\",\n before, len(df), \"outcome not observed; no imputation allowed\")\nissues.append({\"issue\": f\"{n_miss} firm-years (after de-duplication) have missing default_next, all in origin year(s) {miss_years} \"\n \"(outcome year 2023 beyond the data cut).\",\n \"handling\": \"Excluded from estimation (no imputation); recorded in the exclusion ledger.\"})\n\n# 4. 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Estimand: coefficient b1 on `leverage` in the OLS linear-probability model default_next = a + b1·leverage + b2·cash_ratio + b3·log_sales + e. The model is fit on firm-years with an observed outcome, with standard errors clustered by firm. Data are simulated (synthetic panel).\n\n## Data and exclusions\nInput: `data/firm_panel.csv`, 2140 data rows (`n_input_rows`). Exclusion ledger (`out/exclusions.csv`):\n- Column `rating_2025` dropped (no rows removed). It is a 2025 final-vintage field built from realised defaults through 2022 and sample-average leverage, so it was not known at the end of t (`variables_excluded`). Diagnostic: the observed default rate is 0 for ratings A/B/C and about 0.227 for D, so the rating effectively encodes the outcome (`default_rate_by_rating_2025_diagnostic`).\n- 40 exact duplicate rows removed (identical on every column, no conflicting values). 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The analysis uses no randomness (`random_seed` = null).\n\n## Results\n- Baseline: the default rate is 0.121 (`default_rate`).\n- `beta_leverage` = 0.264: holding cash ratio and log sales fixed, one unit more leverage (debt/assets going from 0 to 1) goes with a 26.4 percentage-point higher probability of default the next year. A one-SD change in leverage (≈0.21, from the audit) therefore corresponds to about 5.5 pp, which is large next to the 12.1% base rate.\n- Other coefficients: `beta_cash_ratio` = −0.002 with SE 0.065, so not distinguishable from zero. `beta_log_sales` = 0.012 with SE 0.009. `intercept` = −0.04 (numbers rounded from results.json).\n- `r2` = 0.035: the three predictors explain little of the variation in individual defaults.\n\n## Uncertainty\n`se_leverage_cluster` = 0.041 (clustered by firm). The 95% CI is [0.184, 0.344] (`ci95_leverage_cluster`), with p ≈ 1e-10 (`pvalue_leverage_cluster`). 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