IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/stapro/v194y2023ics0167715222002589.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Bayesian estimation of constrained mean-covariance of normal distributions

Author

Listed:
  • Kundu, Anupam
  • Pourahmadi, Mohsen

Abstract

We study estimation of the mean-covariance under the joint constraint Σμ=μ for a multivariate normal. A reparametrized structured covariance is proposed through spectral decomposition of Σ involving μ, reducing the number of parameters. We approximate MLE by maximizing a lower bound of a profile likelihood and follow a similar strategy for Bayesian estimation. The MLE approximation performs the best.

Suggested Citation

  • Kundu, Anupam & Pourahmadi, Mohsen, 2023. "Bayesian estimation of constrained mean-covariance of normal distributions," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 194(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:194:y:2023:i:c:s0167715222002589
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2022.109745
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167715222002589
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.spl.2022.109745?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Ledoit, Olivier & Wolf, Michael, 2004. "A well-conditioned estimator for large-dimensional covariance matrices," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 88(2), pages 365-411, February.
    2. Peter D. Hoff, 2009. "A hierarchical eigenmodel for pooled covariance estimation," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 71(5), pages 971-992, November.
    3. Fan, Jianqing & Fan, Yingying & Lv, Jinchi, 2008. "High dimensional covariance matrix estimation using a factor model," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 147(1), pages 186-197, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Gautam Sabnis & Debdeep Pati & Anirban Bhattacharya, 2019. "Compressed Covariance Estimation with Automated Dimension Learning," Sankhya A: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Springer;Indian Statistical Institute, vol. 81(2), pages 466-481, December.
    2. Bailey, Natalia & Pesaran, M. Hashem & Smith, L. Vanessa, 2019. "A multiple testing approach to the regularisation of large sample correlation matrices," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 208(2), pages 507-534.
    3. Tae-Hwy Lee & Ekaterina Seregina, 2024. "Optimal Portfolio Using Factor Graphical Lasso," Journal of Financial Econometrics, Oxford University Press, vol. 22(3), pages 670-695.
    4. Tae-Hwy Lee & Ekaterina Seregina, 2020. "Learning from Forecast Errors: A New Approach to Forecast Combination," Working Papers 202024, University of California at Riverside, Department of Economics.
    5. Jingying Yang, 2024. "Element Aggregation for Estimation of High-Dimensional Covariance Matrices," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-16, March.
    6. Chen, Jia & Li, Degui & Linton, Oliver, 2019. "A new semiparametric estimation approach for large dynamic covariance matrices with multiple conditioning variables," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 212(1), pages 155-176.
    7. Lam, Clifford, 2020. "High-dimensional covariance matrix estimation," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 101667, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    8. Yuki Ikeda & Tatsuya Kubokawa, 2015. "Linear Shrinkage Estimation of Large Covariance Matrices with Use of Factor Models," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-958, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
    9. M Hashem Pesaran & Takashi Yamagata, 2012. "Testing CAPM with a Large Number of Assets," Discussion Papers 12/05, Department of Economics, University of York.
    10. Li, Hua & Bai, Zhidong & Wong, Wing-Keung & McAleer, Michael, 2022. "Spectrally-Corrected Estimation for High-Dimensional Markowitz Mean-Variance Optimization," Econometrics and Statistics, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 133-150.
    11. Jianqing Fan & Yuan Liao & Martina Mincheva, 2013. "Large covariance estimation by thresholding principal orthogonal complements," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 75(4), pages 603-680, September.
    12. Ledoit, Olivier & Wolf, Michael, 2015. "Spectrum estimation: A unified framework for covariance matrix estimation and PCA in large dimensions," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 360-384.
    13. Alexander Chudik & M. Hashem Pesaran, 2016. "Theory And Practice Of Gvar Modelling," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(1), pages 165-197, February.
    14. M Hashem Pesaran & Takashi Yamagata, 2024. "Testing for Alpha in Linear Factor Pricing Models with a Large Number of Securities," Journal of Financial Econometrics, Oxford University Press, vol. 22(2), pages 407-460.
    15. Taras Bodnar & Nestor Parolya & Erik Thorsen, 2021. "Dynamic Shrinkage Estimation of the High-Dimensional Minimum-Variance Portfolio," Papers 2106.02131, arXiv.org, revised Nov 2021.
    16. Esra Ulasan & A. Özlem Önder, 2023. "Large portfolio optimisation approaches," Journal of Asset Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 24(6), pages 485-497, October.
    17. Bodnar, Taras & Gupta, Arjun K. & Parolya, Nestor, 2014. "On the strong convergence of the optimal linear shrinkage estimator for large dimensional covariance matrix," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 215-228.
    18. Steland, Ansgar & von Sachs, Rainer, 2016. "Asymptotics for High–Dimensional Covariance Matrices and Quadratic Forms with Applications to the Trace Functional and Shrinkage," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2016038, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    19. Chen, Binbin & Huang, Shih-Feng & Pan, Guangming, 2015. "High dimensional mean–variance optimization through factor analysis," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 140-159.
    20. Ruili Sun & Tiefeng Ma & Shuangzhe Liu, 2018. "A Stein-type shrinkage estimator of the covariance matrix for portfolio selections," Metrika: International Journal for Theoretical and Applied Statistics, Springer, vol. 81(8), pages 931-952, November.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:194:y:2023:i:c:s0167715222002589. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622892/description#description .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.