Estimating the number of common factors in serially dependent approximate factor models

Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy, Chirok Han, Donggyu Sul

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    12 Citations (Scopus)

    Abstract

    A simple data-dependent filtering method is proposed before applying the Bai-Ng method to estimate the number of common factors in the conventional approximate factor model. The asymptotic justification is provided and the finite-sample performance is examined.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)531-534
    Number of pages4
    JournalEconomics Letters
    Volume116
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012 Sept

    Keywords

    • Cross-section dependence
    • Factor model
    • Factor number estimation
    • Least squares dummy variable (LSDV) filter
    • Prewhitening

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Finance
    • Economics and Econometrics

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'Estimating the number of common factors in serially dependent approximate factor models'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this