Centre Fellows

Oliver Linton

University of Cambridge

Oliver is Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University. His research interests include econometric theory, nonparametric and semiparametric methods and empirical finance.

Selected Publications

Nonparametric estimation of a periodic sequence in the presence of a smooth trend

We investigate a nonparametric regression model including a periodic component, a smooth trend function, and a […]

Oliver Linton, Michael Vogt
31 March 2014 | Journal Article

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Nonparametric estimation of a periodic sequence in the presence of a smooth trend
Oliver Linton, Michael Vogt
12 September 2012 | CWP23/12
Nonparametric estimation of a periodic sequence in the presence of a smooth trend

We investigate a nonparametric regression model including a periodic component, a smooth trend function, and a […]

Oliver Linton, Michael Vogt
17 March 2014 | Journal Article
The cross-quantilogram: measuring quantile dependence and testing directional predictability between time series

This paper proposes the cross-quantilogram to measure the quantile dependence between two time series. We apply […]

Heejoon Han, Oliver Linton, Tatsushi Oka, Yoon-Jae Whang
20 February 2014 | CWP06/14

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The cross-quantilogram: measuring quantile dependence and testing directional predictability between time series
Heejoon Han, Oliver Linton, Tatsushi Oka, Yoon-Jae Whang
1 July 2016 | Journal Article
Nonparametric estimation of multivariate elliptic densities via finite mixture sieves

This paper considers the class of p-dimensional elliptic distributions (p ≥ 1) satisfying the consistency property […]

Heather Battey, Oliver Linton
1 January 2014 | Journal Article

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Testing Conditional Independence Restrictions

We propose a nonparametric test of the hypothesis of conditional independence between variables of interest based […]

Pedro Gozalo, Oliver Linton
27 November 2013 | Journal Article
Global Bahadur representation for nonparametric censored regression quantiles and its applications

This paper is concerned with the nonparametric estimation of regression quantiles of a response variable that […]

Efang Kong, Oliver Linton, Yingcun Xia
31 October 2013 | Journal Article

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The effect of fragmentation in trading on market quality in the UK equity market

We investigate the effects of fragmentation in equity trading on the quality of the trading outcomes, […]

Lena Boneva (Körber), Oliver Linton, Michael Vogt
27 August 2013 | CWP42/13

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The effect of fragmentation in trading on market quality in the UK equity market
Lena Boneva (Körber), Oliver Linton, Michael Vogt
1 February 2016 | Journal Article
Nonparametric estimation of multivariate elliptic densities via finite mixture sieves

This paper considers the class of p-dimensional elliptic distributions (p ≥ 1) satisfying the consistency property […]

Heather Battey, Oliver Linton
22 August 2013 | CWP41/13
A nonparametric test of a strong leverage hypothesis

The so-called leverage hypothesis is that negative shocks to prices/ returns affect volatility more than equal […]

Oliver Linton, Yoon-Jae Whang, Yu-Min Yen
1 July 2013 | CWP28/13

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A nonparametric test of a strong leverage hypothesis
Oliver Linton, Yoon-Jae Whang, Yu-Min Yen
1 September 2016 | Journal Article

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A nonparametric test of the leverage hypothesis
Oliver Linton, Yoon-Jae Whang, Yu-Min Yen
13 September 2012 | CWP24/12
Nonparametric estimation of multivariate elliptic densities via finite mixture sieves

This paper considers the class of p-dimensional elliptic distributions (p ≥ 1) satisfying the consistency property […]

Heather Battey, Oliver Linton
23 April 2013 | CWP15/13

Latest version

Nonparametric estimation of multivariate elliptic densities via finite mixture sieves
Heather Battey, Oliver Linton
1 January 2014 | Journal Article