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外生考虑集与扩展随机效用AI 解读

In a consideration set model, an individual maximizes utility among the considered alternatives. I relate an exogenous consideration set additive random utility model to classic discrete choice and the extended additive random utility model, in which utility can be − ∞ for infeasible alternatives. When observable utility shifters are bounded, all three models are observationally equivalent. Moreover, they have the same counterfactual bounds and welfare formulas given…

缺失数据稳健性：崩溃点分析AI 解读

Missing data is pervasive in econometric applications, and rarely is it plausible that the data are missing (completely) at random. This paper proposes a methodology for studying the robustness of results drawn from incomplete datasets. Selection is measured as the divergence from the distribution of complete observations to the distribution of incomplete observations. The breakdown point is defined as the minimal amount of selection needed to overturn a given result.…

连续处理的数据驱动政策学习AI 解读

This paper studies policy learning for continuous treatments from observational data. Continuous treatments present more significant challenges than discrete ones because population welfare may need nonparametric estimation, and policy space may be infinite-dimensional and may satisfy shape restrictions. We propose to approximate the policy space with a sequence of finite-dimensional spaces and, for any given policy, obtain the empirical welfare by applying the kernel…

带约束的经验福利最大化AI 解读

Empirical Welfare Maximization (EWM) is a framework that can be used to select welfare program eligibility policies based on data. This paper extends EWM by allowing for uncertainty in estimating the budget needed to implement the selected policy, in addition to its welfare. Due to the additional estimation error, I show there exist no rules that achieve the highest welfare possible while satisfying a budget constraint uniformly over a wide range of DGPs. This differs from…

向量空间与乘积度量空间中的多元核回归AI 解读

This paper derives limit properties of nonparametric kernel regression estimators without requiring existence of density for regressors in R q . In functional regression limit properties are established for multivariate functional regression. The rate and asymptotic normality for the Nadaraya–Watson (NW) estimator is established for distributions of regressors in R q that allow for mass points, factor structure, multicollinearity and nonlinear dependence, as well as fractal…

CP 张量因子模型的估计与推断AI 解读

High-dimensional tensor-valued data have recently gained attention from researchers in economics and finance. We consider the estimation and inference of high-dimensional tensor factor models, where each dimension of the tensor diverges. Our focus is on a factor model that admits CP-type tensor decomposition, which allows for non-orthogonal loading vectors. Based on the contemporary covariance matrix, we propose an iterative simultaneous projection estimation method. Our…

平稳动态离散选择模型的非参数识别AI 解读

We provide new non-parametric identification results for stationary dynamic discrete choice models, where both the flow utilities and the distribution of unobserved shocks are fully non-parametric. Our main identification result establishes that a multinomial choice model is non-parametrically identified when there is a special regressor that (i) has a known derivative in the utility function (e.g., enters utility quasi-linearly); (ii) only affects the evolution of the other…

多资产跨期消费的分位数方法AI 解读

This paper develops a novel economic model and econometric methods to jointly identify and estimate parameters related to intertemporal preference and risk attitude. We begin by formulating an intertemporal consumption model with multiple assets based on dynamic quantile preferences that account for elasticity of intertemporal substitution, risk attitude, and discount factor. We establish the properties of the model and obtain interesting explicit expressions for the value…

单调均衡下不完全信息配置与转移博弈的识别AI 解读

This paper develops identification results for the distribution of valuations in a class of allocation-transfer games. These games determine an allocation of units of a valuable object and arrangement of monetary transfers on the basis of the actions taken by the players. The results allow dependent valuations, discrete parts of the action space, non-smoothness, and unknown (to the econometrician, prior to observing the data) details of how the allocations and transfers are…

结果延迟实现情形下处理效应的分解与解释AI 解读

This paper studies settings where the analyst is interested in identifying and estimating the average direct causal effect of a binary treatment on an outcome. We consider a setup in which the outcome realization does not get immediately realized after the treatment assignment, a feature that is ubiquitous in empirical settings. The period between the treatment and the realization of the outcome allows other observed actions to occur and affect the outcome. In this context,…

局部平稳条件下时变因子模型的推断AI 解读

This paper considers estimation of and testing for a class of locally stationary time series factor models with evolutionary dynamics, where the entries and dimension of the factor loading matrix are allowed to vary with time while the factors and idiosyncratic components are locally stationary. We propose an adaptive sieve estimator for the span of the time-varying loading matrix of a locally stationary factor process. A uniformly consistent estimator of the effective…

未观测成分模型、近似滤波与动态自适应混合模型AI 解读

State estimation in unobserved component models with parameter uncertainty is traditionally performed through approximate filters, where Gaussian distributions with given moments are employed to replace otherwise intractable conditional densities. This paper re-examines signal-plus-noise models where parameter uncertainty is induced by a latent variable that may assume a fixed number of states. First, it is shown that, for these models, the approximate filters commonly…

动态面板门槛模型的自助法推断AI 解读

This paper develops valid bootstrap inference methods for the dynamic short panel threshold regression. We show that the standard nonparametric bootstrap is inconsistent for the first-differenced generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator. The inconsistency arises from an n1/4-consistent non-normal asymptotic distribution of the threshold estimator when the true parameter lies in the continuity region of the parameter space, which stems from the rank deficiency of the…

存在样本构成变化的双重差分AI 解读

This paper studies Difference-in-Differences (DiD) setups with repeated cross-sectional data and potential compositional changes across time periods. We begin our analysis by deriving the efficient influence function and the semiparametric efficiency bound for the average treatment effect on the treated (ATT). We introduce nonparametric estimators that attain the semiparametric efficiency bound under mild rate conditions on the estimators of the nuisance functions,…

含固定效应的非线性网络数据模型的刀切偏差校正AI 解读

I introduce a new method for bias correction of dyadic models with agent-specific fixed effects, including the dyadic link formation model with homophily and degree heterogeneity. The proposed approach uses a jackknife procedure to deal with the incidental parameters problem. The method can be applied to both directed and undirected networks, allows for non-binary outcome variables, and can be used to bias correct estimates of average effects and counterfactual outcomes. I…

系统性风险驱动投资组合选择的统计推断AI 解读

Portfolio selection in modern finance involves constructing optimal asset allocation strategies that balance risk and return. However, traditional portfolio selection faces new challenges due to systemic events, as exemplified by the financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, we introduce a nonparametric systemic risk-driven portfolio selection approach that models market and portfolio losses using kernel density estimation. In the event of market…

非平稳与周期时间序列的函数型半参数建模AI 解读

Inspired by a real data example illustrating the periodicity in hog price data, this study aims to analyze time series that exhibit an unknown period alongside complex covariate effects. To address these complexities and effectively handle the data structures, we incorporate the partial functional varying-coefficient single-index model into the classical time series decomposition model. We propose a two-stage estimation procedure designed to accurately estimate the unknown…

利用快速模型置信集开展大规模模型比较AI 解读

The paper proposes a new algorithm for finding the confidence set of a collection of forecasts or prediction models. Existing numerical implementations use an elimination approach, where one starts with the full collection of models and successively eliminates the worst performing until the null of equal predictive ability is no longer rejected at a given confidence level. The intuition behind the proposed implementation lies in reversing the process, i.e. starting with a…

无需指定网络结构的同伴效应检验AI 解读

This paper proposes an Anderson–Rubin (AR) test for the presence of peer effects in panel data without the need to specify the network structure. The unrestricted model of our test is a linear panel data model of social interactions with dyad-specific peer effect coefficients for all potential peers. The proposed AR test evaluates if these peer effect coefficients are all zero. As the number of peer effect coefficients increases with the sample size, so does the number of…

结合控制函数的准贝叶斯估计与推断AI 解读

This paper introduces a quasi-Bayesian method that integrates frequentist nonparametric estimation with Bayesian inference in a two-stage process. Applied to an endogenous discrete choice model, the approach first uses kernel or sieve estimators to estimate the control function nonparametrically, followed by Bayesian methods to estimate the structural parameters. This combination leverages the advantages of both frequentist tractability for nonparametric estimation and…

共同相关效应估计二十年：给应用研究者的五条经验AI 解读

This article distills the vast literature on Common Correlated Effects (CCE), initiated by the seminal contribution of Pesaran (2006), into five practical lessons. We provide a concise overview of the CCE framework and describe the reasons for its popularity in empirical (macro-) panel data research. The lessons we draw focus on aspects that have received substantial methodological attention, but remain underappreciated in empirical work.

通信高效的分布式统计推断及其隐私保护改进AI 解读

In the modern era of big data, the vast amount of available data has brought more ways to analyze important economic and financial issues. For example, predicting the probability of individual default has become more accurate, as the number of defaulted individuals has increased year-on-year with the increase in data volume, leading to a more detailed characterization of the defaulted population. However, it presents new challenges and one of them is that all samples are…

高频委托报价中的跳跃检测AI 解读

We propose methods to infer jumps of a semi-martingale, which describes long-term price dynamics, based on discrete, noisy, high-frequency observations. Different to the classical model of additive, centered market microstructure noise, we consider one-sided microstructure noise for order prices in a limit order book. We develop methods to estimate, locate and test for jumps using local minima of best ask quotes. We provide a local jump test and show that we can consistently…

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…