Table 1: Performance of factor estimators from 1000 simulations. Trace statistics for various time lengths and sample sizes.

 

T=3

T=5

T=7

T=10

T=15

TRDFM

T R DFM T R CFM

TRDFM

T R DFM T R CFM

TRDFM

T R DFM T R CFM

TRDFM

T R DFM T R CFM

TRDFM

T R DFM T R CFM

n = 10

P = 5

0.77

1.00

0.80

1.02

0.83

1.02

0.86

1.02

0.88

1.01

P = 10

0.77

1.00

0.78

1.02

0.81

1.03

0.83

1.03

0.86

1.02

P = 15

0.77

1.00

0.77

1.02

0.78

1.03

0.81

1.03

0.84

1.02

n = 50

P = 5

0.85

1.01

0.87

1.02

0.90

1.02

0.92

1.02

0.93

1.01

P = 10

0.85

1.01

0.86

1.02

0.87

1.03

0.90

1.03

0.92

1.02

P = 15

0.85

1.01

0.85

1.02

0.86

1.03

0.88

1.03

0.91

1.02

n = 100

P = 5

0.86

1.01

0.89

1.02

0.91

1.02

0.93

1.02

0.95

1.01

P = 10

0.86

1.01

0.86

1.02

0.89

1.03

0.92

1.03

0.94

1.02

P = 15

0.87

1.01

0.86

1.02

0.88

1.03

0.90

1.03

0.93

1.03

n = 200

P = 5

0.88

1.01

0.90

1.02

0.92

1.02

0.94

1.02

0.96

1.02

P = 10

0.87

1.01

0.89

1.02

0.91

1.03

0.93

1.03

0.95

1.02

P = 15

0.89

1.01

0.88

1.02

0.89

1.03

0.92

1.04

0.93

1.03

n = 300

P = 5

0.86

1.01

0.91

1.02

0.93

1.03

0.95

1.05

0.96

1.03

P = 10

0.87

1.01

0.90

1.02

0.91

1.03

0.94

1.03

0.97

1.07

P = 15

0.90

1.01

0.89

1.02

0.91

1.03

0.93

1.04

0.96

1.09