Econometric analysis of large factor models

J Bai, P Wang - Annual Review of Economics, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Large factor models use a few latent factors to characterize the co-movement of economic
variables in a high-dimensional data set. High dimensionality brings challenges as well as …

Quantile connectedness: modeling tail behavior in the topology of financial networks

T Ando, M Greenwood-Nimmo… - Management Science, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
We develop a new technique to estimate vector autoregressions with a common factor error
structure by quantile regression. We apply our technique to study credit risk spillovers …

Macroeconomic forecasting using penalized regression methods

S Smeekes, E Wijler - International journal of forecasting, 2018 - Elsevier
We study the suitability of applying lasso-type penalized regression techniques to macroe-
conomic forecasting with high-dimensional datasets. We consider the performances of lasso …

Estimation of sparsity-induced weak factor models

Y Uematsu, T Yamagata - Journal of Business & Economic …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This article investigates estimation of sparsity-induced weak factor (sWF) models, with large
cross-sectional and time-series dimensions (N and T, respectively). It assumes that the k th …

Revisiting the location of FDI in China: A panel data approach with heterogeneous shocks

L Hou, K Li, Q Li, M Ouyang - Journal of Econometrics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is viewed as a primary driving force in shaping the
global economy and receives particular attention in empirical studies. In this paper, we …

The influence of information communication technology on farmers' sales channels in environmentally affected areas of China

J Sheng, Q Lu - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
The rapid development of information communication technology (ICT), represented by
mobile phones and the Internet, allows capitalizing to a greater extent on the wealth of …

Deep Learning-based Approaches for State Space Models: A Selective Review

J Lin, G Michailidis - arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.11211, 2024 - arxiv.org
State-space models (SSMs) offer a powerful framework for dynamical system analysis,
wherein the temporal dynamics of the system are assumed to be captured through the …

Economic activity forecasting based on the sentiment analysis of news

M Lukauskas, V Pilinkienė, J Bruneckienė… - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The outbreak of war and the earlier and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic determined the need
for real-time monitoring of economic activity. The economic activity of a country can be …

Bootstrap inference for impulse response functions in factor‐augmented vector autoregressions

Y Yamamoto - Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we consider residual‐based bootstrap methods to construct the confidence
interval for structural impulse response functions in factor‐augmented vector …

Identifying oil price shocks with global, developed, and emerging latent real economy activity factors

AA Djogbenou - Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes an identification strategy for international oil price shocks while
accounting for the heterogeneous sources of oil demand from global, developed, and …