Burridge, P. and Taylor, A.M.R. (2001) On the properties of regression-based tests for seasonal unit roots in the presence of higher-order serial correlation. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 19 (3). pp. 374-379. ISSN 0735-0015
Abstract
We analyze the behavior of widely used regression-based tests for seasonal unit roots when the shocks are serially correlated. We show, in the quarterly case, that the common assumption that serial correlation may be accommodated by augmenting the test regression with appropriate lagged seasonal differences is only partially correct. The limiting null distributions of t statistics for unit roots at the zero and Nyquist frequencies are corrected by the lag augmentation, but those of t statistics at the harmonic seasonal frequency are not. Fortunately, the joint F-type tests at the harmonic frequency, which are in widespread use, do remain pivotal and should therefore supplant the individual t statistics in applied work. That the latter are indeed badly behaved in finite samples, while the F-type tests are correctly sized, is demonstrated by a Monte Carlo experiment.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2001 American Statistical Association. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2009 18:46 |
Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2009 18:46 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1198/073500101681019918 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Statistical Association (ASA) |
Identification Number: | 10.1198/073500101681019918 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:6602 |