Asymptotic results for canonical correlations are derived when the analysis is performed between levels and cumulated levels of N time series of length T, generated by a fac- tor model with s common stochastic trends. For T → ∞ and fixed N and s, the largest s squared canonical correlations are shown to converge to a non-degenerate limit distribu- tion while the remaining N − s converge in probability to 0. Furthermore, if s grows at most linearly in N, the largest s squared canonical correlations are shown to converge in prob- ability to 1 as (T, N)seq → ∞. This feature allows one to estimate the number of common trends as the integer with largest decrease in adjacent squared canonical correlations. The maximal gap equals 1 in the limit and this criterion is shown to be consistent. A Monte Carlo simulation study illustrates the findings.

Franchi, M., Georgiev, I., Paruolo, P. (2023). Estimating the number of common trends in large T and N factor models via canonical correlations analysis. ECONOMETRICS AND STATISTICS, online first, 1-15 [10.1016/j.ecosta.2023.10.001].

Estimating the number of common trends in large T and N factor models via canonical correlations analysis

Franchi, Massimo
;
Georgiev, Iliyan;Paruolo, Paolo
2023

Abstract

Asymptotic results for canonical correlations are derived when the analysis is performed between levels and cumulated levels of N time series of length T, generated by a fac- tor model with s common stochastic trends. For T → ∞ and fixed N and s, the largest s squared canonical correlations are shown to converge to a non-degenerate limit distribu- tion while the remaining N − s converge in probability to 0. Furthermore, if s grows at most linearly in N, the largest s squared canonical correlations are shown to converge in prob- ability to 1 as (T, N)seq → ∞. This feature allows one to estimate the number of common trends as the integer with largest decrease in adjacent squared canonical correlations. The maximal gap equals 1 in the limit and this criterion is shown to be consistent. A Monte Carlo simulation study illustrates the findings.
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Franchi, M., Georgiev, I., Paruolo, P. (2023). Estimating the number of common trends in large T and N factor models via canonical correlations analysis. ECONOMETRICS AND STATISTICS, online first, 1-15 [10.1016/j.ecosta.2023.10.001].
Franchi, Massimo; Georgiev, Iliyan; Paruolo, Paolo
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