Paper examines quantile dependence and volatility forecasting between US and international markets.
problem Improving volatility forecasting between international stock markets.
method Cross-quantilogram analysis and quantile-augmented volatility model.
result Quantile dependence and directional predictability between US and international markets improve volatility forecasting.
New bounds for quantile aggregation unify and clarify existing methods.
problem Analytical bounds for quantile aggregation with dependence uncertainty.
method Using inf-convolution of quantile-based risk measures, establish new analytical bounds called convolution bounds.
result Convolution bounds are the best available and provide sharp results in many cases.
MQF 2 ^2 2 forecasts multivariate quantiles globally.
problem Forecasting multi-horizon dependencies with error accumulation.
method Multivariate quantile function using input-convex neural networks.
result MQF 2 ^2 2 avoids quantile crossing and captures time dependency. We conduct an empirical study using the quantile-based correlation function to uncover the temporal dependencies in financial time series. The study uses intraday data for the S\&P 500 stocks from the New York Stock Exchange. After establishing an empirical overview we compare the quantile-based correlation function to…
Constructs bivariate quantiles using vine copulas for multivariate analysis.
problem Need for research in multivariate quantiles, especially for bivariate responses.
method Constructs bivariate (conditional) quantiles using vine copula based bivariate regression model with a novel tree sequence graph structure.
result Avoids typical shortfalls of regression like transformations, interactions, collinearity, and quantile crossings.
In this paper, we introduce quantile coherency to measure general dependence structures emerging in the joint distribution in the frequency domain and argue that this type of dependence is natural for economic time series but remains invisible when only the traditional analysis is employed. We define estimators which c…
The paper examines how realized and implied volatilities predict future commodity quantiles.
problem Estimating and predicting the Value-at-Risk (VaR) of commodities.
method Panel quantile regression framework.
result Future quantile returns of commodities depend on both ex-post and ex-ante volatilities.
Proposes a method to estimate conditional quantiles using both high-fidelity and low-fidelity data.
problem Difficulty in estimating conditional quantiles with scarce high-fidelity data.
method Two-stage, model-agnostic method using local quantile link and level function estimation.
result The method yields more accurate quantile estimates and tighter prediction intervals.
E-QRGMM accelerates uncertainty quantification in simulations.
problem Challenges in covariate-dependent uncertainty quantification.
method Integrates cubic Hermite interpolation with gradient estimation.
result Substantially improves computational efficiency and accuracy.
TailCoR measures co-movement of financial crises events.
problem Measuring co-movement of financial crises events.
method Combines linear and non-linear dependencies using tail inter quantile range.
result TailCoR performs well in small samples and no optimisations are needed.
Fair quantile regression adjusts estimators to balance subpopulation quantiles.
problem Unfair quantile estimators for subpopulations defined by a protected attribute.
method Proposes a procedure to adjust quantile estimators on heldout samples with protected attribute information.
result Demonstrates n \sqrt{n} n -fairness, balancing target quantiles across subpopulations. This paper improves kernel quantile regression with random features for handling heavy-tailed noises.
problem Handling heavy-tailed noises in kernel quantile regression.
method Introduces a refined error decomposition and establishes a novel connection between KQR-RF and KRR-RF.
result Establishes capacity-dependent learning rates for KQR-RF under mild conditions on the number of random features, which are minimax optimal up to some logarithmic factors.
The book chapter discusses tail risk analysis for financial data using extreme value statistics.
problem Serial dependence in financial time series complicates tail risk assessment.
method The approach involves unconditional and conditional quantile forecasting.
result Serial dependence impacts multivariate tail dependence.
SPQR package uses neural networks for flexible quantile regression.
problem Flexible modeling of non-linear relationships in quantile regression.
method Monotonic splines and neural networks for density estimation; model-agnostic covariate effects.
result Allows for non-linear and quantile-specific effects.
The study analyzes the accuracy of quantile estimators in risk assessment using tail models.
problem Accurately assessing high quantiles in risk management with unknown distributions and sparse data.
method Used generalized Pareto distribution to model tail risks and calculated quantiles with finite sample bias and variance analysis.
result Determined the finite sample distribution function and bias/variance of quantile estimators.
Introduces a new quantile regression method for financial and wage data analysis.
problem Analyzing expected shortfalls and wage inequality in financial and wage data.
method Weighted-average quantile regression framework and estimator.
result The estimator is T \sqrt T T -consistent and asymptotically normal. New method combines CATE and CQTE to estimate treatment effects across different quantiles.
problem Challenges in estimating CQTE due to its dependence on smoothness of individual quantiles.
method Introduces a new estimand, the conditional quantile comparator (CQC), which retains information about the whole treatment distribution and leverages simplicity.
result Demonstrates improved accuracy in estimating treatment effects across different quantiles compared to existing methods.
The paper tackles a bandit problem with infinitely many arms per group, aiming to identify the group with the highest quantile reward.
problem Max-quantile group bandit problem with infinitely many arms per group.
method Two-step algorithm: first request arms from each group, then apply a finite-arm max-quantile bandit algorithm.
result Characterization of instance-dependent and worst-case regret, with matching lower bounds.
This paper solves robust utility maximization with unknown claim dependencies.
problem Investor optimizes utility in the presence of an intractable contingent claim.
method Quantile optimization approach, transforming dynamic problem into static concave optimization.
result Optimal payoffs depend on ambiguity attitude, market conditions, and claim characteristics.
The paper develops methods for uniform inference in high-dimensional quantile regression.
problem Formulating robust hypothesis tests for high-dimensional quantile regression models.
method Debiasing approach using regression rank scores for estimating the sparsity function and developing uniform tests.
result Uniformly valid confidence sets and tests for quantile regression in high-dimensional settings.
Quantile-Frequency Analysis detects nonlinear dynamics in financial time series.
problem Detecting nonlinear dynamics in financial time series models.
method Quantile periodogram and trigonometric quantile regression.
result QFA provides additional insights into financial time series models.
A new model captures financial asset returns' tail behaviors and outperforms GARCH family.
problem Capturing the dynamic tail behaviors of financial asset returns.
method Combines LSTM with a novel parametric quantile function.
result Out-of-sample forecasts of conditional quantiles or VaR outperform GARCH family.
A method for estimating conditional mode using multiple quantile regressions.
problem Estimation of conditional mode with high-dimensional conditioning variables.
method Estimate conditional density by solving multiple quantile regressions, then find the maximum of the estimated density.
result The proposed method is computationally stable and statistically efficient with a fast convergence rate.
Proposes a non-crossing deep neural network quantile regression method.
problem Quantile crossing in nonparametric quantile regression.
method Non-crossing constraints via rectified linear unit penalty function.
result Established non-asymptotic upper bounds for excess risk.
EX-DRL improves extreme quantile prediction for financial risk management.
problem Inaccurate estimation of extreme quantiles in loss distributions.
method EX-DRL uses Generalized Pareto Distribution (GPD) to model the tail of the loss distribution and Quantile Regression (QR) to improve extreme quantile prediction.
result EX-DRL provides more precise estimates of extreme quantiles, improving risk metrics reliability.
With model uncertainty characterized by a convex, possibly non-dominated set of probability measures, the agent minimizes the cost of hedging a path dependent contingent claim with given expected success ratio, in a discrete-time, semi-static market of stocks and options. Based on duality results which link quantile he…
Paper evaluates dynamic QTE for ridesharing data.
problem Assessing QTE in ridesharing with skewed outcomes.
method Developed VCDP models to estimate dynamic CQTE.
result Dynamic CQTE equals sum of individual CQTEs.
A novel approach to regression fitting over various quantiles of target variable.
problem Error between predicted and actual values has varying behavior across quantiles of dependent variable.
method Segmented behavior understanding and retrospective fitting based on each quantile behavior.
result Significantly improved eccentric behavior of error distance between predicted and actual values.
Quantile regression with ReLU networks achieves minimax rates for various function types.
problem Estimating quantiles from covariates with neural networks.
method Quantile regression with rectified linear unit (ReLU) neural networks.
result ReLU networks achieve minimax rates for broad collections of function types.
Deep learning models forecast multiple yield curves with improved accuracy.
problem Globalization of financial markets affects yield curves.
method Combines self-attention mechanism and nonparametric quantile regression.
result Effective point and interval forecasts of future yields.
It is well known that quantile regression model minimizes the portfolio extreme risk, whenever the attention is placed on the estimation of the response variable left quantiles. We show that, by considering the entire conditional distribution of the dependent variable, it is possible to optimize different risk and perf…
Localized debiased machine learning simplifies estimating quantile treatment effects.
problem Estimating quantile treatment effects in causal inference with many covariates and flexible relationships.
method Localized debiased machine learning (LDML) avoids learning the full nuisance function by estimating only at a single initial guess.
result LDML enables practically-feasible and theoretically-grounded efficient estimation of quantile treatment effects.
New algorithms improve uncertainty estimation in satellite precipitation predictions.
problem Lack of uncertainty estimates in machine learning spatial precipitation predictions from satellite data.
method Benchmarked six algorithms including LightGBM, compared using quantile scoring functions and rules.
result LightGBM outperformed other algorithms in quantile scoring rule by 11.10%.
New method learns relationships between independent data.
problem Learning relationships between independent data sets.
method A mix of quantile matching and deconvolution, requiring monotone dependency.
result Can be combined with matching to leverage both methods.
A new framework models quantile and Expected Shortfall simultaneously.
problem Modeling quantile and Expected Shortfall for risk assessment.
method Strictly consistent loss function for quantile and ES estimation, M- and Z-estimation.
result Consistency and asymptotic normality of estimators under weak conditions.
The paper examines risk aggregation under mixtures of marginals, finding that more homogeneous distributions lead to larger uncertainty.
problem Investigating the impact of mixing on risk aggregation uncertainty.
method Analyzes ordering relations and inequalities for aggregation sets under distribution and quantile mixtures.
result More homogeneous marginals result in larger aggregation sets, indicating greater model uncertainty.
Paper proposes a joint quantile regression for VaR and ES forecasting.
problem Forecasting Value at Risk (VaR) and Expected Shortfall (ES) of multiple assets simultaneously.
method Multivariate quantile regression framework with time-varying process for VaR and ES.
result The proposed method outperforms other models in risk measure forecasts.
Develops high-probability minimax quantile bounds for statistical problems.
problem Statistical procedures often lose information about tail behavior when reduced to expectations.
method Introduces minimax quantiles, develops high-probability variants of minimax methods, and converts risk lower bounds to quantile lower bounds.
result Obtains high-probability minimax quantile lower bounds for various statistical problems.
Paper proposes a method to model health outcomes using varying-coefficients and KNN-based LASSO.
problem Modeling health outcomes like BMI and cholesterol levels with varying age effects.
method Varying-coefficients regional quantile regression via KNN fused LASSO, with ADMM algorithm.
result Efficacy in capturing complex age-dependent associations between health outcomes and risk factors.
Many investment models in discrete or continuous-time settings boil down to maximizing an objective of the quantile function of the decision variable. This quantile optimization problem is known as the quantile formulation of the original investment problem. Under certain monotonicity assumptions, several schemes to so…
Study quantile multi-armed bandits for identifying the best arm with a specified quantile level.
problem Identifying the arm with the highest quantile in multi-armed bandits with private rewards.
method Proposed a (non-private) and differentially private successive elimination algorithms for best-arm identification.
result The proposed algorithms are essentially optimal for quantile bandit problems, with finite sample complexity even for distributions with infinite support-size.
Robust clustering methods for multivariate time series data.
problem Clustering multivariate time series data robustly to outliers.
method Quantile-based fuzzy C-means with metric, noise, and trimmed approaches.
result Robust methods outperform alternatives in handling outlying series.
Designing deterministic denominators for SGLD stabilizes large drifts.
problem Stabilizing large drifts in SGLD
method Using state-dependent envelopes and empirical quantiles for activation thresholds
result Proxy-quantile denominators are close to oracle-score behavior and improve deterministic taming choices
Study quantile reward identification with 1-bit feedback constraints.
problem Best arm identification with quantile reward and 1-bit communication.
method Proposes an algorithm using noisy binary search for quantile reward estimation.
result Derives upper and lower bounds on sample complexity for 1-bit feedback.
A new algorithm for time series prediction intervals.
problem Non-exchangeability in time series data.
method Adaptive re-estimation of non-conformity scores.
result Significant reduction in interval width compared to existing methods.
Study on risk contributions of portfolios using lambda quantile risk measures.
problem No known allocation rule for non-positively homogeneous risk measures.
method Defined lambda quantiles on portfolio compositions, derived derivatives, and introduced generalized Euler contributions.
result Explicit formulae for the derivatives of lambda quantiles, showing their homogeneity properties.
A two-step nonparametric method estimates financial systemic risk.
problem Estimating CoVaR due to unobservability of multivariate-quantiles.
method Two-step nonparametric approach using Monte-Carlo simulation and kernel method.
result Consistency and asymptotic normality of the two-step estimator established.
This paper develops statistical models for cryptocurrency returns using hidden Markov regression and copulas.
problem Capturing the interrelationships and serial heterogeneity of cryptocurrency returns.
method Hidden Markov regression models with regime-switching copulas for quantiles and expectiles.
result Captures extreme returns and their temporal evolution through a latent Markov chain.