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Testing for a Unit Root in Noncausal Autoregressive Models
Author(s) -
Saikkonen Pentti,
Sandberg Rickard
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of time series analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.576
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1467-9892
pISSN - 0143-9782
DOI - 10.1111/jtsa.12141
Subject(s) - unit root , autoregressive model , mathematics , kurtosis , series (stratigraphy) , monte carlo method , econometrics , gaussian , statistics , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
This work develops maximum likelihood‐based unit root tests in the noncausal autoregressive (NCAR) model with a non‐Gaussian error term formulated by Lanne and Saikkonen (2011, Journal of Time Series Econometrics 3, Issue 3, Article 2). Finite‐sample properties of the tests are examined via Monte Carlo simulations. The results show that the size properties of the tests are satisfactory and that clear power gains against stationary NCAR alternatives can be achieved in comparison with available alternative tests. In an empirical application to a Finnish interest rate series, evidence in favour of an NCAR model with leptokurtic errors is found.