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Working Papers

2025

1. Forecasting inflation with the hedged random forest
   Working Papers, Swiss National Bank

2024

2. Markowitz portfolios under transaction costs
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (1)

2023

3. A novel estimator of earth's curvature (allowing for inference as well)
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich
4. Improved inference in financial factor models
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (1)
5. Single-firm inference in event studies via the permutation test
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich

2022

6. Large dynamic covariance matrices: enhancements based on intraday data
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (2)

2021

7. Shrinkage estimation of large covariance matrices: keep it simple, statistician?
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich

2020

8. Quadratic shrinkage for large covariance matrices
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich
9. The power of (non-)linear shrinking: a review and guide to covariance matrix estimation
   ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (13)

2018

10. Analytical nonlinear shrinkage of large-dimensional covariance matrices
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (3)
11. Balanced bootstrap joint confidence bands for structural impulse response functions
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (7)
12. Efficient Sorting: A More Powerful Test for Cross-Sectional Anomalies
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (1)
13. Factor models for portfolio selection in large dimensions: the good, the better and the ugly
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (6)
14. Robust performance hypothesis testing with smooth functions of population moments
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (3)

2017

15. Improving weighted least squares inference
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich
16. Large dynamic covariance matrices
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (32)
17. Multiple testing of one-sided hypotheses: combining Bonferroni and the bootstrap
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (1)
18. Nonlinear shrinkage of the covariance matrix for portfolio selection: Markowitz meets Goldilocks
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (3)
19. Numerical implementation of the QuEST function
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (16)
20. Optimal estimation of a large-dimensional covariance matrix under Stein’s loss
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (2)

2016

21. Efficient computation of adjusted p-values for resampling-based stepdown multiple testing
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (221)
    See also Journal Article Efficient computation of adjusted p-values for resampling-based stepdown multiple testing, Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier (2016) View citations (210) (2016)
22. Resurrecting weighted least squares
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Resurrecting weighted least squares, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (40) (2017)

2015

23. Honey, I Shrunk the Sample Covariance Matrix
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics View citations (13)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2003) View citations (12)
24. Stepwise Multiple Testing as Formalized Data Snooping
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2003) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Stepwise Multiple Testing as Formalized Data Snooping, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2005) View citations (602) (2005)

2014

25. A practical two-step method for testing moment inequalities
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (93)
    See also Journal Article A Practical Two‐Step Method for Testing Moment Inequalities, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2014) View citations (43) (2014)
26. The (possible) effect of plain packaging on smoking prevalence in Australia: a trend analysis
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (1)
27. The (possible) effect of plain packaging on the smoking prevalence of minors in Australia: a trend analysis
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (2)

2013

28. A new portfolio formation approach to mispricing of marketing performance indicators with an application to customer satisfaction
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich
29. Bootstrap joint prediction regions
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (35)
30. Spectrum estimation: a unified framework for covariance matrix estimation and PCA in large dimensions
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Spectrum estimation: A unified framework for covariance matrix estimation and PCA in large dimensions, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier (2015) View citations (59) (2015)
31. Testing for monotonicity in expected asset returns
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich View citations (10)

2011

32. Nonlinear shrinkage estimation of large-dimensional covariance matrices
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (2)

2010

33. Robust performance hypothesis testing with the variance
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich

2009

34. Consonance and the closure method in multiple testing
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich
    See also Journal Article Consonance and the Closure Method in Multiple Testing, The International Journal of Biostatistics, De Gruyter (2011) View citations (10) (2011)
35. Fund-of-funds construction by statistical multiple testing methods
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (4)
36. Hypothesis testing in econometrics
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Hypothesis Testing in Econometrics, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2010) View citations (75) (2010)

2008

37. Balanced Control of Generalized Error Rates
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (1)
38. Control of the False Discovery Rate under Dependence using the Bootstrap and Subsampling
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article Control of the false discovery rate under dependence using the bootstrap and subsampling, TEST: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer (2008) View citations (33) (2008)
39. Optimal testing of multiple hypotheses with common effect direction
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Optimal testing of multiple hypotheses with common effect direction, Biometrika, Biometrika Trust (2009) View citations (7) (2009)
40. Robust Performance Hypothesis Testing with the Sharpe Ratio
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (424)
    See also Journal Article Robust performance hypothesis testing with the Sharpe ratio, Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier (2008) View citations (429) (2008)

2006

41. Improved Nonparametric Confidence Intervals in Time Series Regressions
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (11)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2002)
    DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística (2001)
42. Resampling vs. Shrinkage for Benchmarked Managers
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (2)

2005

43. Avoiding Data Snooping in Multilevel and Mixed Effects Models
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich
    See also Journal Article Avoiding ‘data snooping’ in multilevel and mixed effects models, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society (2007) View citations (4) (2007)
44. Formalized Data Snooping Based on Generalized Error Rates
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article FORMALIZED DATA SNOOPING BASED ON GENERALIZED ERROR RATES, Econometric Theory, Cambridge University Press (2008) View citations (91) (2008)

2003

45. Exact and approximate stepdown methods for multiple hypothesis testing
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Exact and Approximate Stepdown Methods for Multiple Hypothesis Testing, Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Statistical Association (2005) View citations (308) (2005)

2002

46. Subsampling the mean of heavy-tailed dependent observations
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

2001

47. Explicit nonparametric confidence intervals for the variance with guaranteed coverage
    DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística View citations (1)
48. Flexible multivariate GARCH modeling with an application to international stock markets
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Flexible Multivariate GARCH Modeling with an Application to International Stock Markets, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2003) View citations (139) (2003)
49. Improved estimation of the covariance matrix of stock returns with an application to portofolio selection
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (4)
    Also in DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística (2000)
    See also Journal Article Improved estimation of the covariance matrix of stock returns with an application to portfolio selection, Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier (2003) View citations (570) (2003)
50. Some hypothesis tests for the covariance matrix when the dimension is large compared to the sample size
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (3)
51. Subsampling inference in threshold autoregressive models
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Subsampling inference in threshold autoregressive models, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2005) View citations (68) (2005)

2000

52. A well conditioned estimator for large dimensional covariance matrices
    DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article A well-conditioned estimator for large-dimensional covariance matrices, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier (2004) View citations (500) (2004)
53. Subsampling inference in cube root asymptotics with an application to manski's maximum score estimator
    DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística
    See also Journal Article Subsampling inference in cube root asymptotics with an application to Manski's maximum score estimator, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2001) View citations (62) (2001)

1999

54. On the asymptotic theory of subsampling
    DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística View citations (17)
55. Subsampling intervals in autoregressive models with linear time trend
    DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Subsampling Intervals in Autoregressive Models with Linear Time Trend, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2001) View citations (50) (2001)
56. Subsampling, symmetrization, and robust interpolation
    DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística View citations (1)

1998

57. Finite sample nonparametric inference and large sample efficiency
    DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística
58. Subsampling confidence intervals for the autoregressive root
    DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística View citations (4)

Undated

59. Control of Generalized Error Rates in Multiple Testing
    IEW - Working Papers, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich View citations (39)

Journal Articles

2020

1. The Romano–Wolf multiple-hypothesis correction in Stata
   Stata Journal, 2020, 20, (4), 812-843 View citations (127)

2017

2. Resurrecting weighted least squares
   Journal of Econometrics, 2017, 197, (1), 1-19 View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper Resurrecting weighted least squares, ECON - Working Papers (2016) View citations (3) (2016)

2016

3. Efficient computation of adjusted p-values for resampling-based stepdown multiple testing
   Statistics & Probability Letters, 2016, 113, (C), 38-40 View citations (210)
   See also Working Paper Efficient computation of adjusted p-values for resampling-based stepdown multiple testing, ECON - Working Papers (2016) View citations (221) (2016)

2015

4. Spectrum estimation: A unified framework for covariance matrix estimation and PCA in large dimensions
   Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 2015, 139, (C), 360-384 View citations (59)
   See also Working Paper Spectrum estimation: a unified framework for covariance matrix estimation and PCA in large dimensions, ECON - Working Papers (2013) View citations (3) (2013)

2014

5. A Practical Two‐Step Method for Testing Moment Inequalities
   Econometrica, 2014, 82, 1979-2002 View citations (43)
   See also Working Paper A practical two-step method for testing moment inequalities, ECON - Working Papers (2014) View citations (93) (2014)

2011

6. Consonance and the Closure Method in Multiple Testing
   The International Journal of Biostatistics, 2011, 7, (1), 1-25 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Consonance and the closure method in multiple testing, IEW - Working Papers (2009) (2009)

2010

7. Hypothesis Testing in Econometrics
   Annual Review of Economics, 2010, 2, (1), 75-104 View citations (75)
   See also Working Paper Hypothesis testing in econometrics, IEW - Working Papers (2009) View citations (7) (2009)

2009

8. Optimal testing of multiple hypotheses with common effect direction
   Biometrika, 2009, 96, (2), 399-410 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Optimal testing of multiple hypotheses with common effect direction, IEW - Working Papers (2008) View citations (2) (2008)

2008

9. Control of the false discovery rate under dependence using the bootstrap and subsampling
   TEST: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, 2008, 17, (3), 417-442 View citations (33)
   See also Working Paper Control of the False Discovery Rate under Dependence using the Bootstrap and Subsampling, IEW - Working Papers (2008) View citations (37) (2008)
10. FORMALIZED DATA SNOOPING BASED ON GENERALIZED ERROR RATES
    Econometric Theory, 2008, 24, (2), 404-447 View citations (91)
    See also Working Paper Formalized Data Snooping Based on Generalized Error Rates, IEW - Working Papers (2005) View citations (1) (2005)
11. Rejoinder on: Control of the false discovery rate under dependence using the bootstrap and subsampling
    TEST: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, 2008, 17, (3), 461-471 View citations (29)
12. Robust performance hypothesis testing with the Sharpe ratio
    Journal of Empirical Finance, 2008, 15, (5), 850-859 View citations (429)
    See also Working Paper Robust Performance Hypothesis Testing with the Sharpe Ratio, IEW - Working Papers (2008) View citations (424) (2008)

2007

13. Avoiding ‘data snooping’ in multilevel and mixed effects models
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2007, 170, (4), 1035-1059 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Avoiding Data Snooping in Multilevel and Mixed Effects Models, IEW - Working Papers (2005) (2005)

2005

14. Exact and Approximate Stepdown Methods for Multiple Hypothesis Testing
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2005, 100, 94-108 View citations (308)
    See also Working Paper Exact and approximate stepdown methods for multiple hypothesis testing, Economics Working Papers (2003) View citations (6) (2003)
15. Stepwise Multiple Testing as Formalized Data Snooping
    Econometrica, 2005, 73, (4), 1237-1282 View citations (602)
    See also Working Paper Stepwise Multiple Testing as Formalized Data Snooping, Working Papers (2015) View citations (2) (2015)
16. Subsampling inference in threshold autoregressive models
    Journal of Econometrics, 2005, 127, (2), 201-224 View citations (68)
    See also Working Paper Subsampling inference in threshold autoregressive models, Economics Working Papers (2001) View citations (3) (2001)

2004

17. A well-conditioned estimator for large-dimensional covariance matrices
    Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 2004, 88, (2), 365-411 View citations (500)
    See also Working Paper A well conditioned estimator for large dimensional covariance matrices, DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS (2000) View citations (4) (2000)
18. Inference for Autocorrelations in the Possible Presence of a Unit Root
    Journal of Time Series Analysis, 2004, 25, (2), 251-263 View citations (6)

2003

19. Flexible Multivariate GARCH Modeling with an Application to International Stock Markets
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 85, (3), 735-747 View citations (139)
    See also Working Paper Flexible multivariate GARCH modeling with an application to international stock markets, Economics Working Papers (2001) View citations (5) (2001)
20. Improved estimation of the covariance matrix of stock returns with an application to portfolio selection
    Journal of Empirical Finance, 2003, 10, (5), 603-621 View citations (570)
    See also Working Paper Improved estimation of the covariance matrix of stock returns with an application to portofolio selection, Economics Working Papers (2001) View citations (4) (2001)

2001

21. Subsampling Intervals in Autoregressive Models with Linear Time Trend
    Econometrica, 2001, 69, (5), 1283-1314 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper Subsampling intervals in autoregressive models with linear time trend, DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS (1999) View citations (7) (1999)
22. Subsampling inference in cube root asymptotics with an application to Manski's maximum score estimator
    Economics Letters, 2001, 73, (2), 241-250 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper Subsampling inference in cube root asymptotics with an application to manski's maximum score estimator, DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS (2000) (2000)

2000

23. A more general central limit theorem for m-dependent random variables with unbounded m
    Statistics & Probability Letters, 2000, 47, (2), 115-124 View citations (22)
24. Stock Returns and Dividend Yields Revisited: A New Way to Look at an Old Problem
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2000, 18, (1), 18-30 View citations (36)

1997

25. Subsampling for heteroskedastic time series
    Journal of Econometrics, 1997, 81, (2), 281-317 View citations (63)

Chapters

2010

1. multiple testing
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (14)