A Powerful Test Of The Autoregressive Unit Root Hypothesis Based On A Tuning Parameter Free Statistic

Morten Nielsen

No 1185, Working Paper from Economics Department, Queen's University

Abstract: This paper presents a family of simple nonparametric unit root tests indexed by one parameter, d, and containing Breitung's (2002) test as the special case d=1. It is shown that (i) each member of the family with d>0 is consistent, (ii) the asymptotic distribution depends on d, and thus reflects the parameter chosen to implement the test, and (iii) since the asymptotic distribution depends on d and the test remains consistent for all d>0, it is possible to analyze the power of the test for different values of d. The usual Phillips-Perron or Dickey-Fuller type tests are indexed by bandwidth, lag length, etc., but have none of these three properties.It is shown that members of the family with d

Keywords: Augmented Dickey-Fuller test; fractional integration; GLS detrending; nonparametric; nuisance parameter; tuning parameter; power envelope; unit root test; variance ratio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2008-10
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Journal Article: A POWERFUL TEST OF THE AUTOREGRESSIVE UNIT ROOT HYPOTHESIS BASED ON A TUNING PARAMETER FREE STATISTIC (2009)
Working Paper: A Powerful Test of the Autoregressive Unit Root Hypothesis Based on a Tuning Parameter Free Statistic (2008)
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