Title
Finite sample behaviour of the level shift model using quasi-differenced data
Date Issued
01 January 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of Ottawa
Abstract
When using quasi-differenced data in a model where a break in the intercept is allowed, asymptotic distributions of the M, ADF, and PT statistics are the same as those in the model where only an intercept and a time trend are included. However, the finite sample behaviour for common sample sizes used in empirical applications is very different. Finite-sample critical values are calculated using two different methods to select the break point and the lag length. Comparison with asymptotic and finite-sample distributions of a model, where only a constant and a time trend are included in the set of deterministic components, shows strong differences. In particular, these differences are more clear for the M and PT statistics, whereas the ADF statistics is not affected too much. An empirical application is performed to show the pitfalls of using asymptotic or finite-sample critical values for a model where a break in the intercept has not been taken into account.
Start page
889
End page
905
Volume
77
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Estadísticas, Probabilidad
Econometría
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-34648825660
Source
Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation
ISSN of the container
00949655
Sponsor(s)
I would like to thank Pierre Perron, participants of a seminar at the University of Zaragoza, the Associate Editor Lynne Seymour, and an anonymous referee for useful comments. Financial support from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ottawa is gratefully acknowledged.
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