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Generalized Covariance Estimator

Christian Gourieroux, Joann Jasiak

arXiv 14 Jul 2021 · Econometrics · publishedJournal of Business and Economic Statistics (2022) · 10 citations (OpenAlex)

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Abstract

We consider a class of semi-parametric dynamic models with strong white noise errors. This class of processes includes the standard Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model, the nonfundamental structural VAR, the mixed causal-noncausal models, as well as nonlinear dynamic models such as the (multivariate) ARCH-M model. For estimation of processes in this class, we propose the Generalized Covariance (GCov) estimator, which is obtained by minimizing a residual-based multivariate portmanteau statistic as an alternative to the Generalized Method of Moments. We derive the asymptotic properties of the GCov estimator and of the associated residual-based portmanteau statistic. Moreover, we show that the GCov estimators are semi-parametrically efficient and the residual-based portmanteau statistics are asymptotically chi-square distributed. The finite sample performance of the GCov estimator is illustrated in a simulation study. The estimator is also applied to a dynamic model of cryptocurrency prices.

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