Nonlinear Boosting with Multiple Testing in High-Dimensional Generalised Linear Models with Binary Responses

Charisios Grivas, George Kapetanios, Zacharias Psaradakis, Vasilis Sarafidis, Marian Vavra, Alexia Ventouri

arXiv 24 Jul 2026 · Econometrics

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Abstract

This paper proposes a nonlinear boosting with multiple testing (BMT) approach to variable selection in high-dimensional generalised linear models with binary responses. At each stage of the BMT procedure, the model is updated by adding only the most significant covariate, conditional on those already selected in previous stages, while taking into account the multiple testing nature of the problem. It is shown that, under the stated conditions, the BMT procedure selects all covariates whose true coefficients are nonzero, and no other covariates, with probability tending to one. Furthermore, the procedure enjoys an oracle property, in the sense that the post-BMT maximum likelihood estimator of the parameters of the model is asymptotically equivalent to an oracle estimator that knows the correct sparse model in advance. Monte Carlo experiments demonstrate that BMT outperforms competing methods, delivering high covariate-selection accuracy and low parameter estimation error. An empirical example illustrates that BMT delivers a predictive model for the probability that U.S. inflation exceeds a given threshold over a 12-month horizon which has very good out-of-sample performance.

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