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February 2011 New efficient estimation and variable selection methods for semiparametric varying-coefficient partially linear models
Bo Kai, Runze Li, Hui Zou
Ann. Statist. 39(1): 305-332 (February 2011). DOI: 10.1214/10-AOS842

Abstract

The complexity of semiparametric models poses new challenges to statistical inference and model selection that frequently arise from real applications. In this work, we propose new estimation and variable selection procedures for the semiparametric varying-coefficient partially linear model. We first study quantile regression estimates for the nonparametric varying-coefficient functions and the parametric regression coefficients. To achieve nice efficiency properties, we further develop a semiparametric composite quantile regression procedure. We establish the asymptotic normality of proposed estimators for both the parametric and nonparametric parts and show that the estimators achieve the best convergence rate. Moreover, we show that the proposed method is much more efficient than the least-squares-based method for many non-normal errors and that it only loses a small amount of efficiency for normal errors. In addition, it is shown that the loss in efficiency is at most 11.1% for estimating varying coefficient functions and is no greater than 13.6% for estimating parametric components. To achieve sparsity with high-dimensional covariates, we propose adaptive penalization methods for variable selection in the semiparametric varying-coefficient partially linear model and prove that the methods possess the oracle property. Extensive Monte Carlo simulation studies are conducted to examine the finite-sample performance of the proposed procedures. Finally, we apply the new methods to analyze the plasma beta-carotene level data.

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Bo Kai. Runze Li. Hui Zou. "New efficient estimation and variable selection methods for semiparametric varying-coefficient partially linear models." Ann. Statist. 39 (1) 305 - 332, February 2011. https://doi.org/10.1214/10-AOS842

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Published: February 2011
First available in Project Euclid: 3 December 2010

zbMATH: 1209.62074
MathSciNet: MR2797848
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/10-AOS842

Subjects:
Primary: 62G05 , 62G08
Secondary: 62G20

Keywords: Asymptotic relative efficiency , composite quantile regression , oracle properties , semiparametric varying-coefficient partially linear model , Variable selection

Rights: Copyright © 2011 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.39 • No. 1 • February 2011
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