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

Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy; Chirok Han; Donggyu Sul

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.03.031

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

Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy^*
, Chirok Han
, Donggyu Sul

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	531-534
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	116
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.03.031
Publication status	Published - 2012 Sept

Keywords

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

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Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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