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不同面板维度渐近框架下动态面板的 IV、GMM 与似然估计AI 解读

We examine the asymptotic properties of IV, GMM or MLE to estimate dynamic panel data models when either NorT or both are large. We show that the Anderson and Hsiao (1981, 1982) simple instrumental variable estimator (IV) or maximizing the likelihood function with initial value distribution properly treated (quasi-maximum likelihood estimator) is asymptotically unbiased when either N or T or both tend to infinity. On the other hand, the QMLE mistreating the initial value as…

预测回归中基于工具变量与变量增补的推断AI 解读

Valid inference in predictive regressions depends in a crucial manner on the degree of persistence of the predictor variables. The paper studies test procedures that are robust in the sense that their asymptotic null distributions are invariant to the persistence of the predictor, that is, the limiting distribution is the same irrespective of whether the regressors are stationary or (nearly) integrated. Existing procedures are often conservative (e.g. tests based on…

混合广义经验似然估计：使用自适应Lasso选择工具变量AI 解读

In this paper, we use the adaptive lasso estimator to choose the relevant instruments and eliminate the irrelevant instruments. The limit theory of Zou (2006) is extended from univariate iid case to heteroskedastic and non Gaussian data. Then we use the selected instruments in generalized empirical likelihood estimators (GEL). In this sense, these are called hybrid GEL. It is also shown that the lasso estimators are not model selection consistent whereas the adaptive lasso…

能否超越五分钟已实现方差？跨资产类别的已实现测度比较AI 解读

We study the accuracy of a variety of estimators of asset price variation constructed from high-frequency data (“realized measures”), and compare them with a simple “realized variance” (RV) estimator. In total, we consider over 400 different estimators, using 11 years of data on 31 different financial assets spanning five asset classes. When 5-minute RV is taken as the benchmark, we find little evidence that it is outperformed by any other measures. When using inference…

时变参数回归模型的半参数建模AI 解读

This paper considers the problem of semiparametric model building for linear regression models with potentially time-varying coefficients. By allowing the response variable and explanatory variables be jointly a nonstationary process, the proposed methods are widely applicable to nonstationary and dependent observations. We propose a local linear shrinkage method that can simultaneously achieve parameter estimation and variable selection. Its selection consistency and the…

整数单整原假设对分数单整备择的检验AI 解读

This paper proposes a test of the null of integer integration against the alternative of fractional integration. The null of integer integration is satisfied if the series is either I(0) or I(1). We reject the null if the KPSS test rejects I(0) and a unit root test rejects I(1). We suggest a new unit root test (a lower-tail KPSS test applied to the differenced data) to use in this procedure. We provide critical values under standard asymptotics and fixed-b asymptotics. We…

连接函数未指定的广义变系数模型估计AI 解读

In this paper, we study the generalised varying-coefficient models, where the link function is unspecified and the response variable can be either continuous or discrete. As the link function is unspecified, the models under investigation become unidentifiable. In this paper, we derive an identification condition for the generalised varying-coefficient models, which is much weaker and more reasonable than that given by Kuruwita et al. (2011) whose model can be seen as a…

用于 VaR 的 VAR：以多元回归分位数衡量尾部依赖AI 解读

This paper proposes methods for estimation and inference in multivariate, multi-quantile models. The theory can simultaneously accommodate models with multiple random variables, multiple confidence levels, and multiple lags of the associated quantiles. The proposed framework can be conveniently thought of as a vector autoregressive (VAR) extension to quantile models. We estimate a simple version of the model using market equity returns data to analyze spillovers in the…

二元三角系统中处理效应的尖锐界限AI 解读

This paper considers the evaluation of the average treatment effect (ATE) in a triangular system with binary dependent variables. I impose a threshold crossing model on both the endogenous regressor and the outcome. The bounds proposed by Shaikh and Vytlacil (2011,SV) on the ATE are sharp only under a restrictive condition on the support of the covariates and the instruments, which rules out a wide range of models and many relevant applications. In this setting, I provide a…

用交叉验证选择模型选择程序AI 解读

While there are various model selection methods, an unanswered but important question is how to select one of them for data at hand. The difficulty is due to that the targeted behaviors of the model selection procedures depend heavily on uncheckable or difficult-to-check assumptions on the data generating process. Fortunately, cross-validation (CV) provides a general tool to solve this problem. In this work, results are provided on how to apply CV to consistently choose the…

学习、信心与期权价格AI 解读

The option-market evidence suggests that investors are concerned with large downward moves in equity prices, which occur once every one to two years in the data. This evidence is puzzling because there are no concurrent jumps in macroeconomic fundamentals. I estimate a confidence-risk model where agents use a constant gain specification to learn about the unobserved expected growth from the cross-section of signals. While consumption shocks are Gaussian, investors’…

经典拉普拉斯估计：收敛速率改进与速率自适应推断AI 解读

We propose a classical Laplace estimator alternative for a large class of n3-consistent estimators, including isotonic regression, monotone hazard, and maximum score estimators. The proposed alternative provides a unified method of smoothing; easier computation is a byproduct in the maximum score case. Depending on input parameter choice and smoothness, the convergence rate of our estimator varies between n3 and (almost) n and its limit distribution varies from Chernoff to…

尾部依赖恒定性的非参数检验及能源与金融应用AI 解读

New tests for detecting structural breaks in the tail dependence of multivariate time series using the concept of tail copulas are presented. To obtain asymptotic properties, we derive a new limit result for the sequential empirical tail copula process. Moreover, consistency of both the tests and a break-point estimator are proven. We analyze the finite sample behavior of the tests by Monte Carlo simulations. Finally, and crucial from a risk management perspective, we apply…

时变转移分布的多状态切换模型：贷款增长与通胀关系AI 解读

Two Bayesian sampling schemes are outlined to estimate a time-varying Markov switching transition distribution. Using data augmentation transforms the non-linear, non-normal logit transition model into a linear-normal one. A partial representation of the difference in random utility model in combination with random permutation sampling provides highest sampling efficiency. The level of the covariate in the transition distribution which balances the persistence across states…

弱 ARMA 模型适配性的自助谱检验AI 解读

This paper proposes a Cramér–von Mises (CM) test statistic to check the adequacy of weak ARMA models. Without posing a martingale difference assumption on the error terms, the asymptotic null distribution of the CM test is obtained. Moreover, this CM test is consistent, and has nontrivial power against the local alternative of order n−1/2. Due to the unknown dependence of error terms and the estimation effects, a new block-wise random weighting method is constructed to…

扩散过程近似转移概率密度的显式形式AI 解读

A continuous-time diffusion process is very popular in modeling and provides useful tools to analyze particularly, but not restricted to, a variety of economic and financial variables. The transition probability density function (TPDF) of a diffusion process plays an important role in understanding and explaining the dynamics of the process. A new way to find closed-form approximate TPDFs for multivariate diffusions is proposed in this paper. This method can be applied to…

利用变换模拟频率估计离散选择模型的模拟最大似然AI 解读

Many existing methods of simulated likelihood for discrete choice models require additive errors that have normal or extreme value distributions. This paper focuses on a situation where the model does not admit such additive errors so that the popular method of GHK or logit estimation is not applicable. This paper proposes a new method of simulated likelihood that is free from simulation bias for each finite number of simulations, and yet flexible enough to accommodate…

矩不等式模型的模型选择检验AI 解读

We propose Vuong-type tests to select between two moment inequality models based on their Kullback–Leibler distances to the true data distribution. The candidate models can be either non-overlapping or overlapping. For each case, we develop a testing procedure that has correct asymptotic size in a uniform sense despite the potential lack of point identification. We show both procedures are consistent against fixed alternatives and local alternatives converging to the null at…

二次卡尔曼滤波器AI 解读

We propose a new filtering and smoothing technique for non-linear state-space models. Observed variables are quadratic functions of latent factors following a Gaussian VAR. Stacking the vector of factors with its vectorized outer-product, we form an augmented state vector whose first two conditional moments are known in closed-form. We also provide analytical formulae for the unconditional moments of this augmented vector. Our new Quadratic Kalman Filter (Qkf) exploits these…

选择有效且相关的矩条件：多矩GMM的信息型LASSOAI 解读

This paper studies the selection of valid and relevant moments for the generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation. For applications with many candidate moments, our asymptotic analysis accommodates a diverging number of moments as the sample size increases. The proposed procedure achieves three objectives in one-step: (i) the valid and relevant moments are distinguished from the invalid or irrelevant ones; (ii) all desired moments are selected in one step instead of in a…

个体固定效应线性动态面板模型的自助法推断AI 解读

This paper’s main contribution is to propose and theoretically justify the application of bootstrap methods for inference in autoregressive panel data models with fixed effects. Whereas the focus of the existing literature has been on bias correcting the standard fixed effects OLS estimator (due to the well known incidental parameter bias), our focus here is on improving the quality of inference by relying on the bootstrap instead of the standard normal distribution when…

因子数设定错误时估计平方误差的渐近分析AI 解读

In this paper, we obtain asymptotic approximations to the squared error of the least squares estimator of the common component in large approximate factor models with possibly misspecified number of factors. The approximations are derived under both strong and weak factors asymptotics assuming that the cross-sectional and temporal dimensions of the data are comparable. We develop consistent estimators of these approximations and propose to use them for model comparison and…

三遍回归滤波：利用大量预测变量进行预测的新方法AI 解读

We forecast a single time series using many predictor variables with a new estimator called the three-pass regression filter (3PRF). It is calculated in closed form and conveniently represented as a set of ordinary least squares regressions. 3PRF forecasts are consistent for the infeasible best forecast when both the time dimension and cross section dimension become large. This requires specifying only the number of relevant factors driving the forecast target, regardless of…

大型投资组合的风险AI 解读

The risk of a large portfolio is often estimated by substituting a good estimator of the volatility matrix. However, the accuracy of such a risk estimator is largely unknown. We study factor-based risk estimators under a large amount of assets, and introduce a high-confidence level upper bound (H-CLUB) to assess the estimation. The H-CLUB is constructed using the confidence interval of risk estimators with either known or unknown factors. We derive the limiting distribution…