This paper considers the construction of median unbiased forecasts for near-integrated AR( p ) processes. It is well known that the OLS estimation in AR models produces downward biased parameter estimates. When the largest AR root is near unity, the multi-step forecast iteration leads to severe...

In this paper, I examine the properties of the class of generalized empirical likelihood estimators of moment-condition models. These nonparametric likelihood estimators satisfy exactly the moment conditions and automatically remove any bias due to a lack of centering. Moreover, the bias of the...

Many economic time series are charecterized by high persistence which typically requires nonstandard limit theory for inference. This paper proposes a new method for constructing confidence intervals for the impulse response functions of nearly nonstationary processes. The method is based on...