An exponential inequality under weak dependence

Abstract

Doukhan and Louhichi introduced a covariance-based concept of weak dependence which is more general than classical mixing concepts. We prove a Bernstein-type inequality under this condition which is similar to the well-known inequality in the independent case. We apply this tool to derive asymptotic properties of penalized least-squares estimators in Barron's classes. © 2006 ISI/BS.