Jianqing Fan

Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance

Frederick L. Moore Professor of Finance

26 Prospect Avenue

Princeton, NJ 08540

United States

http://orfe.princeton.edu/~jqfan/

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1.

Quasi Maximum Likelihood Estimation of GARCH Models with Heavy-Tailed Likelihoods

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2012
Jianqing Fan, Lei Qi and Dacheng Xiu
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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quasi-likelihood, two-step estimator, heavy-tailed error

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Asset Allocation and Risk Assessment with Gross Exposure Constraints for Vast Portfolios

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2009
Jianqing Fan, Jingjin Zhang and Ke Yu
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance and Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance
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Short-sale constraint, mean-variance efficiency, portfolio selection, risk assessment, risk optimization, portfolio improvement

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Robust Measures of Earnings Surprises

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 06 May 2018
Chin-Han Chiang, Wei Dai, Jianqing Fan, Harrison G. Hong and Jun Tu
Independent, Princeton University - Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering (ORFE), Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics and Singapore Management University
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Event Studies, Efficient Markets, Earnings Announcements, Post-Earnings Announcement Drift

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Testing and Detecting Jumps Based on a Discretely Observed Process

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Jan 2009
Yingying Fan and Jianqing Fan
University of Southern California - Marshall school of Business and Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance
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Jump diffusion process, test for jumps, high frequency, stable convergence, FDR

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Option Pricing with Model-Guided Nonparametric Methods

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2009
Jianqing Fan and Loriano Mancini
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance and USI Lugano - Institute of Finance
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Nonparametric regression, state price distribution, model misspecification, out-of-sample analysis, generalized likelihood ratio test

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Large Dimensional Covariance Matrix Estimation Via a Factor Model

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 16 Jan 2007
Jianqing Fan, Yingying Fan and Jinchi Lv
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University and Princeton University
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Factor model, diverging dimensionality,covariance matrix estimation, consistency, asymptotic normality, ptimal portfolio, risk management

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Large Covariance Estimation by Thresholding Principal Orthogonal Complements

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 31 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2013
Jianqing Fan, Yuan Liao and Martina Mincheva
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway and Princeton University
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High dimensionality, approximate factor model, unknown factors, principal components, sparse matrix, low-rank matrix, thresholding, cross-sectional correlation

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Sparse High Dimensional Models in Economics

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Sparse High Dimensional Models in Economics

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Aug 2010
Jianqing Fan, Jinchi Lv and Lei Qi
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance
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Variable selection, independence screening, sparsity, oracle properties, penalized least squares, penalized likelihood, spurious correlation, sparse VAR, factor models, volatility estimation, portfolio selection

Sparse High-Dimensional Models in Economics

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 3, pp. 291-317, 2011
Posted: 31 Aug 2011
Jianqing Fan, Jinchi Lv and Lei Qi
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Princeton University

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Vast Volatility Matrix Estimation using High Frequency Data for Portfolio Selection

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2013
Jianqing Fan, Yingying Li and Ke Yu
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), Dept of ISOM and Dept of Finance and Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance
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Sufficient Forecasting Using Factor Models

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 May 2015
Jianqing Fan, Lingzhou Xue and Jiawei Yao
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Statistics and Princeton University
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Regression, forecast, deep learning, approximate factor model, principal components, learning indices, sliced inverse regression, dimension reduction.

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High Frequency Covariance Estimates with Noisy and Asynchronous Financial Data

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Jun 2010
Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Jianqing Fan and Dacheng Xiu
Princeton University - Department of Economics, Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Market microstructure noise, Covariance, Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimator, Refresh Time, Generalized Synchronization

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Multi-Scale Jump and Volatility Analysis for High-Frequency Financial Data

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jan 2007
Jianqing Fan and Yazhen Wang
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Statistics
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High-frequency data, integrated volality, microstructure noise, quadratic variation, jump-diffusion, wavelets

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What Does the Volatility Risk Premium Say About Liquidity Provision and Demand for Hedging Tail Risk?

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 17 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2016
Jianqing Fan, Michael B. Imerman and Wei Dai
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Lehigh University and Princeton University - Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering (ORFE)
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volatility risk premium, integrated volatility, ultra-high-frequency data, microstructure noise, Fourier transform, tail risk, Big Data risk analytics

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Projected Principal Component Analysis in Factor Models

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Jun 2014
Jianqing Fan, Yuan Liao and Weichen Wang
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway and Princeton University - Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering (ORFE)
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approximate factor model, high dimensionality, sieve approximation, semi-parametric

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Nonparametric Transition-Based Tests for Jump-Diffusions

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 Jan 2007
Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Jianqing Fan and Heng Peng
Princeton University - Department of Economics, Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
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Generalized likelihood ratio tests, local linear fit, null distribution, jump-diffusions, Markovian processes, power, specification tests, transition density

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Incorporating Global Industrial Classification Standard into Portfolio Allocation: A Simple Factor-Based Large Covariance Matrix Estimator with High Frequency Data

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 15-01
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2015
Jianqing Fan, Alex Furger and Dacheng Xiu
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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big data, high-frequency factor model, GICS, location-based thresholding, low rank plus sparse, precision matrix, positive-definite, concentration inequality, SDPR sector ETF’s

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Estimation of the Continuous and Discontinuous Leverage Effects

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 19 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2015
Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Jianqing Fan, Roger J. A. Laeven, Christina Dan Wang and Xiye Yang
Princeton University - Department of Economics, Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, University of Amsterdam - Department of Quantitative Economics (KE), Columbia University - Department of Statistics and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Economics
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Endogeneity in Ultrahigh Dimension

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Apr 2012
Jianqing Fan and Yuan Liao
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway
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Focused GMM, Sparsity recovery, Endogenous variables, Oracle property, Conditional moment restriction, Estimating equation, Over identification, Global minimization, Semi-parametric efficiency

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High Dimensional Covariance Matrix Estimation in Approximate Factor Models

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 May 2011 Last Revised: 26 May 2011
Jianqing Fan, Yuan Liao and Martina Mincheva
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway and Princeton University
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sparse estimation, thresholding, cross-sectional correlation, common factors, idiosyncratic, seemingly unrelated regression

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Power Enhancement in High Dimensional Cross-Sectional Tests

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 16 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2014
Jianqing Fan, Yuan Liao and Jiawei Yao
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway and Princeton University
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sparse alternatives, thresholding, large covariance matrix estimation, Wald-test, screening, cross-sectional independence, factor pricing model

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Factor GARCH-ITO Models for High-Frequency Data with Application to Large Volatility Matrix Prediction

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Dec 2017
Donggyu Kim and Jianqing Fan
KAIST College of Business and Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance
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Factor model, GARCH, low-rank, POET, quasi-maximum likelihood estimator, sparsity

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Risks of Large Portfolios

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Feb 2013
Jianqing Fan, Yuan Liao and Xiaofeng Shi
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway and Princeton University
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Augmented Factor Models with Applications to Validating Market Risk Factors and Forecasting Bond Risk Premia

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2018
Jianqing Fan, Yuan Ke and Yuan Liao
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University - Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering (ORFE) and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway
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Huber loss, Heavy tails, Forecasts, Fama-French factors, Large dimensions

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Robust High-Dimensional Volatility Matrix Estimation for High-Frequency Factor Model

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Dec 2017
Jianqing Fan and Donggyu Kim
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance and KAIST College of Business
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Concentration inequality; Huber loss; low-rank matrix; pre-averaging; spasrity

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Structured Volatility Matrix Estimation for Non-Synchronized High-Frequency Financial Data

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Dec 2017
Jianqing Fan and Donggyu Kim
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance and KAIST College of Business
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Diffusion process, factor model, high-frequency data, low-rank matrix, matrix completion, POET, sparsity

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Robust Inference of Risks of Large Portfolios

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Jan 2015
Jianqing Fan, Fang Han, Han Liu and Byron Vickers
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University - Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering (ORFE) and Princeton University - Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering (ORFE)
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High dimensionality; robust inference; rank statistics; quantile statistics; risk management; covariance matrix.

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The Leverage Effect Puzzle: Disentangling Sources of Bias at High Frequency

NBER Working Paper No. w17592
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 15 Nov 2011
Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Jianqing Fan and Yingying Li
Princeton University - Department of Economics, Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), Dept of ISOM and Dept of Finance
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Factor-Adjusted Regularized Model Selection

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 03 Oct 2018
Jianqing Fan, Yuan Ke and Kaizheng Wang
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University - Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering (ORFE) and Princeton University - Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering (ORFE)
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High dimension, Model selection consistency, Correlated covariates, Factor model, Regularized M-estimator, Time series

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On Estimation of Deep Nested CES Production Functions

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 03 Oct 2018
Haoqi Qian, Libo Wu and Jianqing Fan
Fudan University, School of Economics, Fudan University - School of Economics and Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance
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Nested CES Function, Nonlinear Least Squares Estimation, Gradient Descent, Energy Substitution, Model Selection

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An Overview of the Estimation of Large Covariance and Precision Matrices

The Econometrics Journal, Vol. 19, Issue 1, pp. C1-C32, 2016
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 May 2016
Jianqing Fan, Yuan Liao and Han Liu
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway and Princeton University - Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering (ORFE)
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Approximate factor model, Elliptical distribution, Graphical model, Heavy‐tailed, High‐dimensionality, Low‐rank matrix, Principal components, Rank‐based methods, Sparse matrix, Thresholding

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Aggregation of Nonparametric Estimators for Volatility Matrix

Journal of Financial Econometrics, Vol. 5, Issue 3, pp. 321-357, 2007
Posted: 16 Jun 2008
Jianqing Fan, Yingying Fan and Jinchi Lv
Princeton University - Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University and Princeton University

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aggregation, affine model, diffusion, factor, local time, nonparametric function estimation, volatility matrix