Interpreting (and testing) factor loadings
因子载荷的解释与检验
Dynamic Factor Models (DFMs) are popular to reduce dimensionality being customary in the empirical analysis of large systems of macroeconomic and/or financial variables. In this context, the common underlying factors and their loadings are often extracted using Principal Components (PC), which are consistent and asymptotically normal under very general conditions. Consequently, inference on the factor loadings, which is crucial for the correct interpretation of the…