Estimation in high-dimensional linear regression: Post-Double-Autometrics as an alternative to Post-Double-Lasso

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Hauptverfasser: Hué, Sullivan, Laurent, Sébastien, Aiounou, Ulrich, Flachaire, Emmanuel
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Hué, Sullivan
Laurent, Sébastien
Aiounou, Ulrich
Flachaire, Emmanuel
author_facet Hué, Sullivan
Laurent, Sébastien
Aiounou, Ulrich
Flachaire, Emmanuel
contents Post-Double-Lasso is becoming the most popular method for estimating linear regression models with many covariates when the purpose is to obtain an accurate estimate of a parameter of interest, such as an average treatment effect. However, this method can suffer from substantial omitted variable bias in finite sample. We propose a new method called Post-Double-Autometrics, which is based on Autometrics, and show that this method outperforms Post-Double-Lasso. Its use in a standard application of economic growth sheds new light on the hypothesis of convergence from poor to rich economies.
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spellingShingle Estimation in high-dimensional linear regression: Post-Double-Autometrics as an alternative to Post-Double-Lasso
Hué, Sullivan
Laurent, Sébastien
Aiounou, Ulrich
Flachaire, Emmanuel
Econometrics
Machine Learning
Post-Double-Lasso is becoming the most popular method for estimating linear regression models with many covariates when the purpose is to obtain an accurate estimate of a parameter of interest, such as an average treatment effect. However, this method can suffer from substantial omitted variable bias in finite sample. We propose a new method called Post-Double-Autometrics, which is based on Autometrics, and show that this method outperforms Post-Double-Lasso. Its use in a standard application of economic growth sheds new light on the hypothesis of convergence from poor to rich economies.
title Estimation in high-dimensional linear regression: Post-Double-Autometrics as an alternative to Post-Double-Lasso
topic Econometrics
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.21257