On the Use of Spectral Value Decomposition for the Construction of Composite Indices

Luca Farnia

No 288457, ES: Economics for Sustainability from Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) > ES: Economics for Sustainability

Abstract: High dimensional composite index makes experts’ preferences in set-ting weights a hard task. In the literature, one of the approaches to derive weights from a data set is Principal Component or Factor Analysis that, although conceptually different, they are similar in results when FA is based on Spectral Value Decomposition and rotation is not performed. This works motivates theoretical reasons to derive the weights of the elementary indicators in a composite index when multiple components are retained in the analysis. By Monte Carlo simulation it offers, moreover, the best strategy to identify the number of components to retain.

Keywords: Research; Methods/; Statistical; Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16
Date: 2019-05-15
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.288457

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