Local Quadratic Spectral and Covariance Matrix Estimation

12/05/2022
by   Tucker S. McElroy, et al.
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The problem of estimating the spectral density matrix f(w) of a multivariate time series is revisited with special focus on the frequencies w=0 and w=π. Recognizing that the entries of the spectral density matrix at these two boundary points are real-valued, we propose a new estimator constructed from a local polynomial regression of the real portion of the multivariate periodogram. The case w=0 is of particular importance, since f(0) is associated with the large-sample covariance matrix of the sample mean; hence, estimating f(0) is crucial in order to conduct any sort of statistical inference on the mean. We explore the properties of the local polynomial estimator through theory and simulations, and discuss an application to inflation and unemployment.

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