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Estimation and Inference in Semiparametric Quantile Factor Models


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Ma, S., Linton, O., Gao, J. 
Linton, O. 
Gao, J. 

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We consider a semiparametric quantile factor panel model that allows observed stock-specific characteristics to affect stock returns in a nonlinear time-varying way, extending Connor, Hagmann, and Linton (2012) to the quantile restriction case. We propose a sieve-based estimation methodology that is easy to implement. We provide tools for inference that are robust to the existence of moments and to the form of weak cross-sectional dependence in the idiosyncratic error term. We apply our method to daily stock return data where we find significant evidence of nonlinearity in many of the characteristic exposure curves.

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Cross-Sectional Dependence, Fama-French Model, Inference, Quantile, Sieve Estimation

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Faculty of Economics

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