Structural breaks, model uncertainty and factor selection
结构突变、模型不确定性与因子选择
This paper addresses the non-standard problem of detecting multiple structural breaks when the data-generating model in each regime is uncertain, with an application to factor selection in empirical asset pricing. Detection is based on the marginal likelihood of break points, obtained by a novel integration over all possible pairings of models across regimes, from all possible models within regimes. The optimal break points maximize this marginal likelihood. Applying this…