Binary choice under asymmetric loss in a data‐rich environment: Theory and an application to algorithmic fairness
数据丰富环境中非对称损失下的二元选择:理论与算法公平性应用
We study the binary choice problem in a data‐rich environment with asymmetric loss functions. The econometrics literature covers nonparametric binary choice problems but does not offer computationally attractive solutions in data‐rich environments. The machine learning literature has many algorithms but is focused mostly on loss functions that are independent of covariates. We show that theoretically valid decisions on binary outcomes with general loss functions can be…