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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Belloni, Alexandre | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Chernozhukov, Victor | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2012-10-16T13:14:43Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2012-10-16T13:14:43Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2009 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.pi | | doi:10.1920/wp.cem.2009.1009 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/64690 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | We consider median regression and, more generally, quantile regression in high-dimensional sparse models. In these models the overall number of regressors p is very large, possibly larger than the sample size n, but only s of these regressors have non-zero impact on the conditional quantile of the response variable, where s grows slower than n. Since in this case the ordinary quantile regression is not consistent, we consider quantile regression penalized by the L1-norm of coefficients (L1-QR). First, we show that L1-QR is consistent at the rate of the square root of (s/n) log p, which is close to the oracle rate of the square root of (s/n), achievable when the minimal true model is known. The overall number of regressors p affects the rate only through the log p factor, thus allowing nearly exponential growth in the number of zero-impact regressors. The rate result holds under relatively weak conditions, requiring that s/n converges to zero at a super-logarithmic speed and that regularization parameter satisfies certain theoretical constraints. Second, we propose a pivotal, data-driven choice of the regularization parameter and show that it satisfies these theoretical constraints. Third, we show that L1-QR correctly selects the true minimal model as a valid submodel, when the non-zero coefficients of the true model are well separated from zero. We also show that the number of non-zero coefficients in L1-QR is of same stochastic order as s, the number of non-zero coefficients in the minimal true model. Fourth, we analyze the rate of convergence of a two-step estimator that applies ordinary quantile regression to the selected model. Fifth, we evaluate the performance of L1-QR in a Monte-Carlo experiment, and provide an application to the analysis of the international economic growth. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice London | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | cemmap working paper CWP10/09 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Regression | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Theorie | | en_US |
| dc.title | | L1-Penalised quantile regression in high-dimensional sparse models | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 600694259 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | | cemmap working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
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