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Nonparametric specification testing for continuous-time models with application to spot interest rates

Hong, Yongmiao; Li, Haitao - 2002

We propose two nonparametric transition density-based speciÞcation tests for continuous-time diffusion models. In contrast to marginal density as used in the literature, transition density can capture the full dynamics of a diffusion process, and in particular, can distinguish processes with...

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Temporal aggregation and causality in multiple time series models

Breitung, Jörg; Swanson, Norman R. - 1998

In this paper we characterize what has sometimes been referred to in the literature as instantaneous causality, by examining the consequences of temporal aggregation in (possibly) Granger causal systems of variables. Our approach is to compare the concept of contemporaneous correlation due to...

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Testing for short and long-run causality : the case of the yield spread and economic growth

Breitung, Jörg; Candelon, Bertrand - 2001

To assess the predictive content of the interest rate term spread for future economic growth, we distinguish short-run from long-run predictability by using two different approaches. First, following Dufour and Renault (1998) a test procedure is proposed to test for causality at different...

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Structural equation models for finite mixtures : simulation results and empirical applications

Temme, Dirk; Williams, John R.; Hildebrandt, Lutz - 2002

Unobserved heterogeneity is a serious but often neglected problem in structural equation modelling (SEM) challenging the validity of many empirical results. Recently, a finite mixture approach to SEM has been proposed to resolve this problem but until now only a few studies analyse the...

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Rank tests for nonlinear cointegration

Breitung, Jörg - 1998

A test procedure based on ranks is suggested to test for nonlinear cointegration. For two (or more) time series it is … is no cointegration between the time series, the sequences of ranks tend to diverge, whereas under cointegration the … perform better than their parametric competitors. To test for nonlinear cointegration a variable addition test based on ranks …

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Testing for the cointegrating rank of a VAR process with an intercept

Saikkonen, Pentti; Lütkepohl, Helmut - 1998

Testing the cointegrating rank of a vector autoregressive process with an intercept is considered. In addition to the likelihood ratio (LR) tests developed by Johansen and Juselius and others we also consider an alternative class of tests which is based on estimating the trend parameters of the...

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Testing for the cointegrating rank of a VAR process with structural shifts

Saikkonen, Pentti; Lütkepohl, Helmut - 2001

cointegration tests are applied to the adjusted series. The resulting tests are shown to have known limiting null distributions …

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Canonical correlation statistics for testing the cointegration rank in a reversed order

Breitung, Jörg - 1998

to construct a confidence set for the cointegration rank. As the latter test, our tests are based on the eigenvalues of a … to Johansen's LR tests for determining the cointegration rank. …

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Local power of likelihood ratio tests for the cointegrating rank of a VAR process

Saikkonen, Pentti; Lütkepohl, Helmut - 1997

Likelihood ratio (LR) tests for the cointegrating rank of a vector autoregressive (VAR) process have been developed under different assumptions regarding deterministic terms. For instance, nonzero mean terms and linear trends have been accounted for in some of the tests. In this paper we provide...

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Trend adjustment prior to testing for the cointegrating rank of a VAR process

Saikkonen, Pentti; Lütkepohl, Helmut - 1997

Testing the cointegrating rank of a vector autoregressive process which may have a deterministic linear trend is considered. Previous proposals for dealing with such a situation are either to allow for a deterministic trend term in computing a suitable test statistic or else remove the linear...

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