Statistical Identification of Independent Shocks with Kernel-based Maximum Likelihood Estimation and an Application to the Global Crude Oil Market
独立冲击的核最大似然统计识别及全球原油市场应用
Independent component analysis has emerged as a promising approach for revealing structural relationships in multivariate dynamic systems, particularly in scenarios with limited knowledge of causal patterns. This article introduces a robust kernel-based maximum likelihood (KML) estimation method that accommodates the distributional characteristics of the structural sources of data variation. Our Monte Carlo study demonstrates the superior performance of the KML estimator…