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Models where the Least Trimmed Squares and Least Median of Squares estimators are maximum likelihood

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  • Vanessa Berenguer-Rico

    (Department of Economics and Mansfield College, University of Oxford)

  • Søren Johansen

    (University of Copenhagen and CREATES and Aarhus University)

  • Bent Nielsen

    (Department of Economics and Nuffield College, University of Oxford)

Abstract

The Least Trimmed Squares (LTS) and Least Median of Squares (LMS) estimators are popular robust regression estimators. The idea behind the estimators is to find, for a given h; a sub-sample of h good observations among n observations and estimate the regression on that sub-sample. We find models, based on the normal or the uniform distribution respectively, in which these estimators are maximum likelihood. We provide an asymptotic theory for the location-scale case in those models. The LTS estimator is found to be h^1=2 consistent and asymptotically standard normal. The LMS estimator is found to be h consistent and asymptotically Laplace.

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  • Vanessa Berenguer-Rico & Søren Johansen & Bent Nielsen, 2019. "Models where the Least Trimmed Squares and Least Median of Squares estimators are maximum likelihood," Economics Papers 2019-W05, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
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    1. Castle, Jennifer L. & Doornik, Jurgen A. & Hendry, David F., 2023. "Robust Discovery of Regression Models," Econometrics and Statistics, Elsevier, vol. 26(C), pages 31-51.

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    Keywords

    Chebychev estimator; LMS; Uniform distribution; Least squares estimator; LTS; Normal distribution; Regression; Robust statistics.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C01 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Econometrics
    • C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General

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