Ridge regularization for spatial autoregressive models with multicollinearity issues

Cristina O. Chavez-Chong (), Cécile Hardouin () and Ana-Karina Fermin ()
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Cristina O. Chavez-Chong: Institute of Cybernetics, Mathematics and Physics, ICIMAF
Cécile Hardouin: Univ. Paris Nanterre, CNRS
Ana-Karina Fermin: Univ. Paris Nanterre, CNRS

AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, 2025, vol. 109, issue 1, No 2, 25-52

Abstract: Abstract This work proposes a new method for building an explanatory spatial autoregressive model in a multicollinearity context. We use Ridge regularization to bypass the collinearity issue. We present new estimation algorithms that allow for the estimation of the regression coefficients as well as the spatial dependence parameter. A spatial cross-validation procedure is used to tune the regularization parameter. In fact, ordinary cross-validation techniques are not applicable to spatially dependent observations. Variable importance is assessed by permutation tests since classical tests are not valid after Ridge regularization. We assess the performance of our methodology through numerical experiments conducted on simulated synthetic data. Finally, we apply our method to a real data set and evaluate the impact of some socioeconomic variables on the COVID-19 intensity in France.

Keywords: Spatial autoregressive models; Multicollinearity; Ridge regularization; Spatial cross-validation; Variable importance; Permutation tests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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