scholarly journals Asymptotic Distribution of Unit Root Tests Base on ESTAR Model with Flexible Fourier Form

Author(s):  
Murtala Adam Muhammad ◽  
Junjuan Hu

In this paper, the asymptotic distribution of Fourier ESTAR model (FKSS) proposed by [1], which was not given in the original paper are derived. Result shows that the asymptotic distributions are functions of brownian motion, only depends on K and free from nuisance parameters.

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Lucas

This paper considers unit root tests based on M estimators. The asymptotic theory for these tests is developed. It is shown how the asymptotic distributions of the tests depend on nuisance parameters and how tests can be constructed that are invariant to these parameters. It is also shown that a particular linear combination of a unit root test based on the ordinary least-squares (OLS) estimator and on an M estimator converges to a normal random variate. The interpretation of this result is discussed. A simulation experiment is described, illustrating the level and power of different unit root tests for several sample sizes and data generating processes. The tests based on M estimators turn out to be more powerful than the OLS-based tests if the innovations are fat-tailed.


1996 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 724-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Faust

Said and Dickey (1984,Biometrika71, 599–608) and Phillips and Perron (1988,Biometrika75, 335–346) have derived unit root tests that have asymptotic distributions free of nuisance parameters under very general maintained models. Under models as general as those assumed by these authors, the size of the unit root test procedures will converge to one, not the size under the asymptotic distribution. Solving this problem requires restricting attention to a model that is small, in a topological sense, relative to the original. Sufficient conditions for solving the asymptotic size problem yield some suggestions for improving finite-sample size performance of standard tests.


2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 1121-1143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomás del Barrio Castro ◽  
Denise R. Osborn ◽  
A.M. Robert Taylor

In this paper we extend the large-sample results provided for the augmented Dickey–Fuller test by Said and Dickey (1984, Biometrika 71, 599–607) and Chang and Park (2002, Econometric Reviews 21, 431–447) to the case of the augmented seasonal unit root tests of Hylleberg, Engle, Granger, and Yoo (1990, Journal of Econometrics 44, 215–238), inter alia. Our analysis is performed under the same conditions on the innovations as in Chang and Park (2002), thereby allowing for general linear processes driven by (possibly conditionally heteroskedastic) martingale difference innovations. We show that the limiting null distributions of the t-statistics for unit roots at the zero and Nyquist frequencies and joint F-type statistics are pivotal, whereas those of the t-statistics at the harmonic seasonal frequencies depend on nuisance parameters that derive from the lag parameters characterizing the linear process. Moreover, the rates on the lag truncation required for these results to hold are shown to coincide with the corresponding rates given in Chang and Park (2002); in particular, an o(T1/2) rate is shown to be sufficient.


2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Hosseinkouchack ◽  
Uwe Hassler

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 609-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Vogelsang ◽  
Martin Wagner

In this paper we extend fixed-b asymptotic theory to the nonparametric Phillips–Perron (PP) unit root tests. We show that the fixed-b limits depend on nuisance parameters in a complicated way. These nonpivotal limits provide an alternative theoretical explanation for the well-known finite-sample problems of the PP tests. We also show that the fixed-b limits depend on whether deterministic trends are removed using one-step or two-step detrending approaches. This is in contrast to the asymptotic equivalence of the one- and two-step approaches under a consistency approximation for the long-run variance estimator. Based on these results we introduce modified PP tests that allow for asymptotically pivotal fixed-b inference. The theoretical analysis is cast in the framework of near-integrated processes, which allows us to study the asymptotic behavior both under the unit root null hypothesis and for local alternatives. The performance of the original and modified PP tests is compared by means of local asymptotic power and a small finite-sample simulation study.


2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pentti Saikkonen ◽  
Helmut Lütkepohl

Unit root tests for time series with level shifts of general form are considered when the timing of the shift is unknown. It is proposed to estimate the nuisance parameters of the data generation process including the shift date in a first step and apply standard unit root tests to the residuals. The estimation of the nuisance parameters is done in such a way that the unit root tests on the residuals have the same limiting distributions as for the case of a known break date. Simulations are performed to investigate the small sample properties of the tests, and empirical examples are discussed to illustrate the procedure.


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