Yurinskii's Coupling for Martingales

MD Cattaneo, RP Masini, WG Underwood - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Yurinskii's coupling is a popular tool for finite-sample distributional approximation in
mathematical statistics and applied probability, offering a Gaussian strong approximation for …

Uniform Estimation and Inference for Nonparametric Partitioning-Based M-Estimators

MD Cattaneo, Y Feng, B Shigida - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.05715, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper presents uniform estimation and inference theory for a large class of
nonparametric partitioning-based M-estimators. The main theoretical results include:(i) …

Dyadic double/debiased machine learning for analyzing determinants of free trade agreements

HD Chiang, Y Ma, J Rodrigue, Y Sasaki - arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.04365, 2021 - arxiv.org
This paper presents novel methods and theories for estimation and inference about
parameters in econometric models using machine learning for nuisance parameters …

Many average partial effects: With an application to text regression

HD Chiang - arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.09397, 2018 - arxiv.org
We study estimation, pointwise and simultaneous inference, and confidence intervals for
many average partial effects of lasso Logit. Focusing on high-dimensional, cluster-sampling …

Normal Approximation for U-Statistics with Cross-Sectional Dependence

W Liu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.16978, 2024 - arxiv.org
We apply Stein's method to investigate the normal approximation for both non-degenerate
and degenerate U-statistics with cross-sectionally dependent underlying processes in the …

Empirical likelihood and uniform convergence rates for dyadic kernel density estimation

HD Chiang, BY Tan - Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article studies the asymptotic properties of and alternative inference methods for kernel
density estimation (KDE) for dyadic data. We first establish uniform convergence rates for …

Estimation and Inference in Modern Nonparametric Statistics

WG Underwood - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Nonparametric methods are central to modern statistics, enabling data analysis with minimal
assumptions in a wide range of scenarios. While contemporary procedures such as random …

Three Essays in Double/debiased Machine Learning and High-dimensional Econometrics

Y Ma - 2024 - search.proquest.com
In today's big data world, we have witnessed rapidly increasing popularity of machine
learning methods in empirical studies, such as random forests, lasso, post-lasso, elastic …

[PDF][PDF] Supplement to “Uniform Estimation and Inference for Nonparametric Partitioning-Based M-Estimators”

MD Cattaneo, Y Feng, B Shigida - 2024 - mdcattaneo.github.io
This supplement is self-contained. It presents more general theoretical results than those
reported in the paper, as well as their proofs. In particular, a larger class of loss functions is …

[PDF][PDF] Nonlinear Binscatter Methods Supplemental Appendix

MD Cattaneo, RK Crump, MH Farrell, Y Feng - 2023 - nppackages.github.io
This supplement collects all technical proofs, more general theoretical results than those
reported in the main paper, and other methodological results. New theoretical results for …