Estimating high dimensional monotone index models by iterative convex optimization
通过迭代凸优化估计高维单调指标模型
In this paper we propose new approaches to estimating large dimensional monotone index models. This class of models has been popular in the applied and theoretical econometrics literatures as it includes discrete choice, nonparametric transformation, and duration models. A main advantage of our approach is computational. For instance, rank estimation procedures such as those proposed in [13] and [7] that optimize a nonsmooth, nonconvex objective function are difficult to use…