Robust Estimation for Number of Factors in High Dimensional Factor Modeling via Spearman Correlation Matrix
基于 Spearman 相关矩阵的高维因子数稳健估计
Determining the number of factors in high-dimensional factor modeling is essential but challenging, especially when the data are heavy-tailed. In this article, we introduce a new estimator based on the spectral properties of Spearman sample correlation matrix under the high-dimensional setting, where both dimension and sample size tend to infinity proportionally. Our estimator is robust against heavy tails in either the common factors or idiosyncratic errors. The consistency…