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Scalable Variational Bayes Inference for Dynamic Variable Selection

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Bianco, Nicolas
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Bernardi, Mauro
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Bianchi, Daniele *
DOI:10.1080/10618600.2026.2634826delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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We develop a variational Bayes approach for dynamic variable selection in high-dimensional regression models with time-varying parameters and predictors that exhibit a predefined group structure. Through comprehensive simulation studies, we demonstrate that our method yields more accurate parameter estimates than existing Bayesian static and dynamic variable selection approaches while maintaining computational efficiency. We illustrate the performance of our approach within the context of a popular problem in economics: forecasting inflation using a large set of macroeconomic predictors. Our approach demonstrates significant improvements in out-of-sample point- and density-forecasting accuracy. A retrospective analysis of the time-varying parameter estimates reveals economically interpretable patterns in inflation dynamics.
Keywords:
Approximate inference
Bayesian variable selection
High-dimensional regressions
Macroeconomic forecasting
Mean-field approximation

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Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics
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helmholtz association
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karlsruhe institute of technology
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