An Introduction to Best Empirical Models when the Parameter Space is Infinite Dimensional*

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Journal: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Year: 2003
Volume: 65
Issue: s1
Pages: 877-890

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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Abstract

Ploberger and Phillips (Econometrica, Vol. 71, pp. 627–673, 2003) proved a result that provides a bound on how close a fitted empirical model can get to the true model when the model is represented by a parameterized probability measure on a finite dimensional parameter space. The present note extends that result to cases where the parameter space is infinite dimensional. The results have implications for model choice in infinite dimensional problems and highlight some of the difficulties, including technical difficulties, presented by models of infinite dimension. Some implications for forecasting are considered and some applications are given, including the empirically relevant case of vector autoregression (VAR) models of infinite order.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:obuest:v:65:y:2003:i:s1:p:877-890
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29