) processes. The linear VAR model is extendedto permit cointegration, a range of deterministic processes, equilibrium restrictions …

with general cointegration rank. Our hedge is optimal in the sense of minimum variance portfolio. We consider a model that … correlation and cointegration parameters. For short holding periods the correlation impact is predominant. For long horizons, the … hedge ratio should overweight the cointegration parameters rather then short-run correlation information. In the innite …

residuals of our pooled estimated modelare stationary. This indicates that on a pooled time series levelthere is cointegration …

expansion periods.Since a linear combination of such series does not have to be a constant meanprocess, standard cointegration … there exist a cointegration relation between US percapita disposable income and consumption, after correction for …