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资产定价因子模型检验：样本外视角AI 解读

We develop the Sample Splitting Alpha (SSA) test, a formal out-of-sample (OOS) test for evaluating whether an asset pricing factor model satisfies the zero-alpha restriction in high-dimensional settings. The test uses sample splitting to separate portfolio weight estimation from model evaluation and ridge regularization to stabilize the portfolio problem when the number of test assets is large. We show that each single split SSA statistic is asymptotically Gaussian under…

多重门槛回归的 Lasso 后推断及收益可预测性应用AI 解读

This article revisits the multiple threshold regression model, wherein coefficient parameters shift across regimes in accordance with the value of a threshold variable. We focus on developing a post-Lasso inference framework to resolve the selection uncertainty—particularly pronounced when threshold effects are weak—intrinsic to the group Lasso-based procedure that jointly estimates the number and locations of multiple thresholds. This objective is accomplished by…

设定 LASSO 与灵活的特征型资产定价模型AI 解读

This paper studies a partially linear semiparametric additive model that allows for interactions among variables in high-dimensional settings. We propose the Specification LASSO (S-LASSO), a two-step method that integrates LASSO and Adaptive Group LASSO to simultaneously perform variable selection and model specification. Theoretically, we establish that S-LASSO possesses oracle properties in terms of selection consistency and asymptotic normality. Monte Carlo simulations…

用于企业生存预测的高维删失 MIDAS 逻辑回归AI 解读

This paper addresses the challenge of forecasting corporate distress, a problem marked by three key statistical hurdles: (i) right censoring, (ii) high-dimensional predictors, and (iii) mixed-frequency data. To overcome these complexities, we introduce a novel high-dimensional censored MIDAS (Mixed Data Sampling) logistic regression. Our approach handles censoring through inverse probability weighting and achieves accurate estimation with numerous mixed-frequency predictors…

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分位数中的区制特定股票收益可预测性AI 解读

This article captures the underlying regime switching mechanism in the prediction of stock returns via a predictive quantile regression with multiple thresholds. The predictability of each predictor is allowed to switch from one regime to another according to the value of a threshold variable and could vary across quantiles, and the predictors could possess heterogeneous degrees of persistence. Statistical learning techniques, including a sequential estimation procedure, an…

高维极值图结构学习AI 解读

Extremal graphical models encode the conditional independence structure of multivariate extremes. Key statistics for learning extremal graphical structures are empirical extremal variograms, for which we prove non-asymptotic concentration bounds that hold under general domain of attraction conditions. For the popular class of Hüsler--Reiss models, we propose a majority voting algorithm for learning the underlying graph from data through $L^1$ regularized optimization. Our…

高维预测回归中的 LASSO 推断AI 解读

LASSO inflicts shrinkage bias on estimated coefficients, which undermines asymptotic normality and invalidates standard inferential procedures based on the t -statistic. Given cross sectional data, the desparsified LASSO has emerged as a well-known remedy for correcting the shrinkage bias. In the context of high dimensional predictive regression, the desparsified LASSO faces an additional challenge: the Stambaugh bias arising from nonstationary regressors modeled as local…

高维条件因子模型估计的统一框架AI 解读

This article presents a general framework for estimating high-dimensional conditional latent factor models via constrained nuclear norm regularization. We establish large sample properties of the estimators and provide efficient algorithms for their computation. To improve practical applicability, we propose a cross-validation procedure for selecting the regularization parameter. Our framework unifies the estimation of various conditional factor models, enabling the…

GARCH-MIDAS 模型的自适应组 LASSOAI 解读

This article investigates the variable selection problem in the generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity-mixed-data sampling (GARCH-MIDAS) model of Engle, Ghysels, and Sohn (Citation2013), and establishes the corresponding theoretical properties along with a feasible computational algorithm. The proposed method is based on a penalized log-partial likelihood with an adaptively group-weighted L2 penalty on the long-term component coefficients. The variable…

含未观测异质性的大型面板多重结构突变估计AI 解读

This article proposes a novel algorithm to identify potentially multiple breaks in linear panel data models, while the slope coefficients can have individual heterogeneity and the cross-sectional dimension is allowed to diverge jointly with the time span. The algorithm adopts a shrinkage penalty to detect breaks, and delivers a consistent estimator for the number of breaks and fraction-consistent estimators for break dates. In the presence of latent grouped heterogeneity, we…

高维条件因子模型AI 解读

This paper studies estimation and variable selection in conditional factor models with high-dimensional instruments, where the coefficient matrix exhibits a low-rank and row-sparse structure. We propose a multi-stage estimation procedure that combines nuclear norm regularization and adaptive group LASSO regression to consistently estimate latent factors and row-sparse loading coefficients, while selecting relevant instrumental characteristics. We establish theoretical…

高维投资组合优化中的样本外夏普比率估计AI 解读

Portfolio optimization aims at constructing a realistic portfolio with significant out-of-sample performance, which is typically measured by the out-of-sample Sharpe ratio. However, due to in-sample optimism, it is inappropriate to use the in-sample estimated covariance to evaluate the out-of-sample Sharpe, especially in the high dimensional settings. In this paper, we propose a novel method to estimate the out-of-sample Sharpe ratio using only in-sample data, based on…

重尾高频金融观测下的因子与特异性 VAR 波动率矩阵模型AI 解读

This paper introduces a novel process for both factor and idiosyncratic volatility matrices whose eigenvalues follow the vector auto-regressive (VAR) model. We call it the factor and idiosyncratic VAR (FIVAR) model. The FIVAR model accounts for the dynamics of the factor and idiosyncratic volatilities and includes many parameters. In addition, many empirical studies have shown that high-frequency stock returns and volatilities often exhibit heavy tails. To handle these two…

使高维分布稳健投资组合问题可行AI 解读

Robust estimation for modern portfolio selection on a large set of assets becomes more important due to the large deviation of empirical inference on big data. We propose a distributionally robust methodology for high-dimensional mean–variance portfolio problems, aiming to select an optimal conservative portfolio allocation by considering distributional uncertainty. With the help of factor structure, we extend the distributionally robust mean–variance problem investigated by…

稳健的高维时变系数估计AI 解读

In this article, we develop a novel high-dimensional coefficient estimation procedure based on high-frequency data. Unlike usual high-dimensional regression procedures such as LASSO, we additionally handle the heavy-tailedness of high-frequency observations as well as time variations of coefficient processes. Specifically, we employ the Huber loss and a truncation scheme to handle heavy-tailed observations, while $\ell _{1}$ -regularization is adopted to overcome the curse…

精度矩阵最小二乘：高维估计与推断AI 解读

The least squares estimator can be cast as depending only on the precision matrix of the data, similar to the weights of a global minimum variance portfolio. We give conditions under which any plug-in precision matrix estimator produces an unbiased and consistent least squares estimator for stationary time series regressions, in both low- and high-dimensional settings. Such conditions define a class of “Precision Least Squares” (PrLS) estimators, which are shown to be…

概率型分位数因子分析AI 解读

This article extends quantile factor analysis to a probabilistic variant that incorporates regularization and computationally efficient variational approximations. We establish through synthetic and real data experiments that the proposed estimator can, in many cases, achieve better accuracy than a recently proposed loss-based estimator. We contribute to the factor analysis literature by extracting new indexes of low, medium, and high economic policy uncertainty, as well as…

通过相关性的多重检验正则化股票收益协方差矩阵AI 解读

This paper develops a large-scale inference approach for the regularization of stock return covariance matrices. The framework allows for the presence of heavy tails and multivariate GARCH-type effects of unknown form among the stock returns. The approach involves simultaneous testing of all pairwise correlations, followed by setting non-statistically significant elements to zero. This adaptive thresholding is achieved through sign-based Monte Carlo resampling within…

交互固定效应高维面板模型的估计与推断AI 解读

We develop new econometric methods for estimation and inference in high‐dimensional panel data models with interactive fixed effects. Our approach can be regarded as a nontrivial extension of the very popular common correlated effects (CCE) approach. Roughly speaking, we proceed as follows: We first construct a projection device to eliminate the unobserved factors from the model by applying a dimensionality reduction transform to the matrix of cross‐sectionally averaged…

动态已实现最小方差投资组合模型AI 解读

This article introduces a dynamic minimum variance portfolio (MVP) model using nonlinear volatility dynamic models, based on high-frequency financial data. Specifically, we impose an autoregressive dynamic structure on MVP processes, which helps capture the MVP dynamics directly. To evaluate the dynamic MVP model, we estimate the inverse volatility matrix using the constrained l1-minimization for inverse matrix estimation (CLIME) and calculate daily realized non-normalized…

时变最小方差投资组合AI 解读

This paper proposes a new time-varying minimum variance portfolio (TV-MVP) in a large investment universe of assets. Our method extends the existing literature on minimum variance portfolios by allowing for time-varying factor loadings, which facilitates the capture of the dynamics of the covariance structure of asset returns (and hence, the optimal investment strategy in a dynamic setting). We also use a shrinkage estimation method based on a quasi-likelihood function to…

时变风险溢价下用于股票收益预测的惩罚两步回归AI 解读

We develop a penalized two-pass regression with time-varying factor loadings. The penalization in the first pass enforces sparsity for the time-variation drivers while also maintaining compatibility with the no-arbitrage restrictions by regularizing appropriate groups of coefficients. The second pass delivers risk premia estimates to predict equity excess returns. Our Monte Carlo results and our empirical results on a large cross-sectional data set of US individual stocks…

混合单位根与增长维度下的预测分位数回归：ALQR 方法AI 解读

In this paper we propose the adaptive lasso for predictive quantile regression (ALQR). Reflecting empirical findings, we allow predictors to have various degrees of persistence and exhibit different signal strengths. The number of predictors is allowed to grow with the sample size. We study regularity conditions under which stationary, local unit root, and cointegrated predictors are present simultaneously. We next show the convergence rates, model selection consistency, and…

基于高频金融数据的大型波动率矩阵自适应稳健估计AI 解读

Several novel statistical methods have been developed to estimate large integrated volatility matrices based on high-frequency financial data. To investigate their asymptotic behaviors, they require a sub-Gaussian or finite high-order moment assumption for observed log-returns, which cannot account for the heavy-tail phenomenon of stock-returns. Recently, a robust estimator was developed to handle heavy-tailed distributions with some bounded fourth-moment assumption.…