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Machine Learning Econometrics: Bayesian algorithms and methods

Computation 2020-04-27 v1 Econometrics

Abstract

As the amount of economic and other data generated worldwide increases vastly, a challenge for future generations of econometricians will be to master efficient algorithms for inference in empirical models with large information sets. This Chapter provides a review of popular estimation algorithms for Bayesian inference in econometrics and surveys alternative algorithms developed in machine learning and computing science that allow for efficient computation in high-dimensional settings. The focus is on scalability and parallelizability of each algorithm, as well as their ability to be adopted in various empirical settings in economics and finance.

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@article{arxiv.2004.11486,
  title  = {Machine Learning Econometrics: Bayesian algorithms and methods},
  author = {Dimitris Korobilis and Davide Pettenuzzo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.11486},
  year   = {2020}
}