Working Paper

Consistent noisy independent component analysis

Authors

Stéphane Bonhomme, Jean-Marc Robin

Published Date

8 February 2008

Type

Working Paper (CWP04/08)

We study linear factor models under the assumptions that factors are mutually independent and independent of errors, and errors can be correlated to some extent. Under factor non-Gaussianity, second to fourth-order moments are shown to yield full identification of the matrix of factor loadings. We develop a simple algorithm to estimate the matrix of factor loadings from these moments. We run Monte Carlo simulations and apply our methodology to British data on cognitive test scores.


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Consistent noisy independent component analysis
Stéphane Bonhomme, Jean-Marc Robin
CWP