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A Bernstein-type Inequality for High Dimensional Linear Processes with Applications to Robust Estimation of Time Series Regressions

Statistics Theory 2023-04-21 v3 Statistics Theory

Abstract

Time series regression models are commonly used in time series analysis. However, in modern real-world applications, serially correlated data with an ultra-high dimension and fat tails are prevalent. This presents a challenge in developing new statistical tools for time series analysis. In this paper, we propose a novel Bernstein-type inequality for high-dimensional linear processes and apply it to investigate two high-dimensional robust estimation problems: (1) time series regression with fat-tailed and correlated covariates and errors, and (2) fat-tailed vector autoregression. Our proposed approach allows for exponential increases in dimension with sample size under mild moment and dependence conditions, while ensuring consistency in the estimation process.

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@article{arxiv.2109.10354,
  title  = {A Bernstein-type Inequality for High Dimensional Linear Processes with Applications to Robust Estimation of Time Series Regressions},
  author = {Linbo Liu and Danna Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.10354},
  year   = {2023}
}