Targeted principal components regression

Karl Oskar Ekvall

Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 2022, vol. 190, issue C

Abstract: We propose a principal components regression method based on maximizing a joint pseudo-likelihood for responses and predictors. Our method uses both responses and predictors to select linear combinations of the predictors relevant for the regression, thereby addressing an oft-cited deficiency of conventional principal components regression. The proposed estimator is shown to be consistent in a wide range of settings, including ones with non-normal and dependent observations; conditions on the first and second moments suffice if the number of predictors (p) is fixed, the number of observations (n) tends to infinity, and dependence is weak, while stronger distributional assumptions are needed when p→∞ with n. We obtain the estimator’s asymptotic distribution as the projection of a multivariate normal random vector onto a tangent cone of the parameter set at the true parameter, and find the estimator is asymptotically more efficient than competing ones. In simulations our method is substantially more accurate than conventional principal components regression and compares favorably to partial least squares and predictor envelopes. The method’s practical usefulness is illustrated in a data example with cross-sectional prediction of stock returns.

Keywords: Dependent data; Dimension reduction; Multivariate regression; Principal components (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2022.104995

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