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兼顾数值误差与测量误差的非线性常微分方程系数筛估计AI 解读

This article considers estimation of constant and time-varying coefficients in nonlinear ordinary differential equation (ODE) models where analytic closed-form solutions are not available. The numerical solution-based nonlinear least squares (NLS) estimator is investigated in this study. A numerical algorithm such as the Runge-Kutta method is used to approximate the ODE solution. The asymptotic properties are established for the proposed estimators considering both numerical…

非参数可加模型中的变量选择AI 解读

We consider a nonparametric additive model of a conditional mean function in which the number of variables and additive components may be larger than the sample size but the number of nonzero additive components is "small" relative to the sample size. The statistical problem is to determine which additive components are nonzero. The additive components are approximated by truncated series expansions with B-spline bases. With this approximation, the problem of component…

半参数相对风险Cox模型的惩罚变量选择AI 解读

We study the Cox models with semiparametric relative risk, which can be partially linear with one nonparametric component, or multiple additive or nonadditive nonparametric components. A penalized partial likelihood procedure is proposed to simultaneously estimate the parameters and select variables for both the parametric and the nonparametric parts. Two penalties are applied sequentially. The first penalty, governing the smoothness of the multivariate nonlinear covariate…

通过非参数回归与特征函数检验多因子连续时间马尔可夫模型AI 解读

We develop a nonparametric regression-based goodness-of-fit test for multifactor continuous-time Markov models using the conditional characteristic function, which often has a convenient closed form or can be approximated accurately for many popular continuous-time Markov models in economics and finance. An omnibus test fully utilizes the information in the joint conditional distribution of the underlying processes and hence has power against a vast class of continuous-time…

部分线性空间自回归模型的剖面准最大似然估计AI 解读

We propose profile quasi-maximum likelihood estimation of spatial autoregressive models that are partially linear. The rate of convergence of the spatial parameter estimator depends on some general features of the spatial weight matrix of the model. The estimators of other finite-dimensional parameters in the model have the regular -rate of convergence and the estimator of the nonparametric component is consistent but with different restrictions on the choice of bandwidth…

大麻非刑罪化与吸食率：来自澳大利亚的证据AI 解读

This article uses the 2001 National Drug Strategy Household Survey to assess the impact of marijuana decriminalization policy on marijuana smoking prevalence in Australia. Both parametric and nonparametric methods are used. The parametric approach includes endogenous probit switching, two-part, sample selection, and standard dummy variable models, while the nonparametric approach uses propensity score stratification matching. Specification analyses are also conducted. A…

双峰t统计量：厚尾对统计推断的影响AI 解读

This paper studies the distribution of the classical t-ratio with data generated from distributions with no finite moments and shows how classical testing is affected by bimodality. A key condition in generating bimodality is independence of the observations in the underlying data-generating process (DGP). The paper highlights the strikingly different implications of lack of correlation versus statistical independence in DGPs with infinite moments and shows how standard…

改进动态模型的稳健模型选择检验AI 解读

We propose an improved model selection test for dynamic models using a new asymptotic approximation to the sampling distribution of a new test statistic. The model selection test is applicable to dynamic models with very general selection criteria and estimation methods. Since our test statistic does not assume the exact form of a true model, the test is essentially non-parametric once competing models are estimated. For the unknown serial correlation in data, we use a…

最高密度区域估计的渐近理论与最优带宽选择AI 解读

We study kernel estimation of highest-density regions (HDR). Our main contributions are two-fold. First, we derive a uniform-in-bandwidth asymptotic approximation to a risk that is appropriate for HDR estimation. This approximation is then used to derive a bandwidth selection rule for HDR estimation possessing attractive asymptotic properties. We also present the results of numerical studies that illustrate the benefits of our theory and methodology.

采用 Dirichlet 过程混合误差的加性三次样条回归AI 解读

The goal of this article is to develop a flexible Bayesian analysis of regression models for continuous and categorical outcomes. In the models we study, covariate (or regression) effects are modeled additively by cubic splines, and the error distribution (that of the latent outcomes in the case of categorical data) is modeled as a Dirichlet process mixture. We employ a relatively unexplored but attractive basis in which the spline coefficients are the unknown function…

利用梯形核在 GMM 中同时选择和加权矩条件AI 解读

This paper proposes a novel procedure to estimate linear models when the number of instruments is large. At the heart of such models is the need to balance the trade off between attaining asymptotic efficiency, which requires more instruments, and minimizing bias, which is adversely affected by the addition of instruments. Two questions are of central concern: (1) What is the optimal number of instruments to use? (2) Should the instruments receive different weights? This…

部分线性变换模型的估计AI 解读

We study a general class of partially linear transformation models, which extend linear transformation models by incorporating nonlinear covariate effects in survival data analysis. A new martingale-based estimating equation approach, consisting of both global and kernel-weighted local estimation equations, is developed for estimating the parametric and nonparametric covariate effects in a unified manner. We show that with a proper choice of the kernel bandwidth parameter,…

惩罚样条估计的同时置信带AI 解读

In this article we construct simultaneous confidence bands for a smooth curve using penalized spline estimators. We consider three types of estimation methods: (a) as a standard (fixed effect) nonparametric model, (b) using the mixed-model framework with the spline coefficients as random effects, and (c) a full Bayesian approach. The volume-of-tube formula is applied for the first two methods and compared with Bayesian simultaneous confidence bands from a frequentist…

随机系数模型的非参数分析AI 解读

Linearity in a causal relationship between a dependent variable and a set of regressors is a common assumption throughout economics. In this paper we consider the case when the coefficients in this relationship are random and distributed independently from the regressors. Our aim is to identify and estimate the distribution of the coefficients nonparametrically. We propose a kernel-based estimator for the joint probability density of the coefficients. Although this estimator…

协方差估计的两阶段代入带宽选择及其实施AI 解读

The two most popular bandwidth choice rules for kernel HAC estimation have been proposed by Andrews (1991) and Newey and West (1994). This paper suggests an alternative approach that estimates an unknown quantity in the optimal bandwidth for the HAC estimator (called normalized curvature ) using a general class of kernels, and derives the optimal bandwidth that minimizes the asymptotic mean squared error of the estimator of normalized curvature. It is shown that the optimal…

条件误差修正模型中的协整筛式 bootstrap 检验AI 解读

In this paper we propose a bootstrap version of the Wald test for cointegration in a single-equation conditional error correction model. The multivariate sieve bootstrap is used to deal with dependence in the series. We show that the introduced bootstrap test is asymptotically valid. We also analyze the small sample properties of our test by simulation and compare it with the asymptotic test and several alternative bootstrap tests. The bootstrap test offers significant…

扩散模型的重加权函数估计AI 解读

The local linear method is popular in estimating nonparametric continuous-time diffusion models, but it may produce negative results for the diffusion (or volatility) functions and thus lead to insensible inference. We demonstrate this using U.S. interest rate data. We propose a new functional estimation method of the diffusion coefficient based on reweighting the conventional Nadaraya–Watson estimator. It preserves the appealing bias properties of the local linear estimator…

回归导数的多峰性检验及其在非参数增长回归中的应用AI 解读

Abstract This paper presents a method to test for multimodality of an estimated kernel density of derivative estimates from a nonparametric regression. The test is included in a study of nonparametric growth regressions. The results show that in the estimation of unconditional β‐convergence the distribution of the partial effects is multimodal, with one mode in the negative region (primarily OECD economies) and possibly two modes in the positive region (primarily non‐OECD…

空间相关层级函数数据的降秩混合效应模型AI 解读

Hierarchical functional data are widely seen in complex studies where sub-units are nested within units, which in turn are nested within treatment groups. We propose a general framework of functional mixed effects model for such data: within unit and within sub-unit variations are modeled through two separate sets of principal components; the sub-unit level functions are allowed to be correlated. Penalized splines are used to model both the mean functions and the principal…

密度估计的间接交叉验证AI 解读

A new method of bandwidth selection for kernel density estimators is proposed. The method, termed indirect cross-validation (ICV), makes use of so-called selection kernels. Least-squares cross-validation (LSCV) is used to select the bandwidth of a selection-kernel estimator and this bandwidth is appropriately rescaled for use in a Gaussian kernel estimator. The proposed selection kernels are linear combinations of two Gaussian kernels and need not be unimodal or positive. A…

纵向数据的半参数均值—协方差回归分析AI 解读

Efficient estimation of the regression coefficients in longitudinal data analysis requires a correct specification of the covariance structure. Existing approaches usually focus on modeling the mean with specification of certain covariance structures, which may lead to inefficient or biased estimators of parameters in the mean if misspecification occurs. In this article, we propose a data-driven approach based on semiparametric regression models for the mean and the…

不可忽略无应答与抽样选择下小域 BMI 数据的贝叶斯分析AI 解读

Here we analyze body mass index (BMI) data for children and adolescents from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). Because of the lack of BMI values for a considerable number of the children and adolescents, and the differential probabilities of selection of these individuals, serious nonresponse and selection bias in inference can be present. To analyze the NHANES III BMI data, a nonignorable nonresponse model has been proposed to estimate…

大肠杆菌 SecYEG 孔道的单通道与多通道电流：含噪观测的模态数检验AI 解读

We analyze a new dataset from an electrophysiological recording of transmembrane currents through a bacterial membrane channel to demonstrate the existence of single and multiple channel currents. Protein channels mediate transport through biological membranes; knowledge of the channel properties gained from electrophysiological recordings is important for a targeted drug design. We investigate the bacterial membrane protein SecYEG which is of essential importance for the…

局部加性估计AI 解读

Summary Additive models are popular in high dimensional regression problems owing to their flexibility in model building and optimality in additive function estimation. Moreover, they do not suffer from the so-called curse of dimensionality generally arising in non-parametric regression settings. Less known is the model bias that is incurred from the restriction to the additive class of models. We introduce a new class of estimators that reduces additive model bias, yet…