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Generalized single-index models: The EFM approach

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  • Cui, Xia
  • Härdle, Wolfgang Karl
  • Zhu, Lixing

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Generalized single-index models are natural extensions of linear models and circumvent the so-called curse of dimensionality. They are becoming increasingly popular in many scientific fields including biostatistics, medicine, economics and financial econometrics. Estimating and testing the model index coefficients beta is one of the most important objectives in the statistical analysis. However, the commonly used assumption on the index coefficients, beta = 1, represents a non-regular problem: the true index is on the boundary of the unit ball. In this paper we introduce the EFM approach, a method of estimating functions, to study the generalized single-index model. The procedure is to first relax the equality constraint to one with (d - 1) components of beta lying in an open unit ball, and then to construct the associated (d - 1) estimating functions by projecting the score function to the linear space spanned by the residuals with the unknown link being estimated by kernel estimating functions. The root-n consistency and asymptotic normality for the estimator obtained from solving the resulting estimating equations is achieved, and a Wilk's type theorem for testing the index is demonstrated. A noticeable result we obtain is that our estimator for beta has smaller or equal limiting variance than the estimator of Carroll et al. (1997). A fixed point iterative scheme for computing this estimator is proposed. This algorithm only involves one-dimensional nonparametric smoothers, thereby avoiding the data sparsity problem caused by high model dimensionality. Numerical studies based on simulation and on applications suggest that this new estimating system is quite powerful and easy to implement.

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  • Cui, Xia & Härdle, Wolfgang Karl & Zhu, Lixing, 2009. "Generalized single-index models: The EFM approach," SFB 649 Discussion Papers 2009-050, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk.
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    Keywords

    Generalized single-index model; index coefficients; estimating equations; asymptotic properties; iteration;
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    JEL classification:

    • C02 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Mathematical Economics
    • C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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