Nonparametric regression techniques provide an e ective way of identifying and examiningstructure in regression data The standard approaches to nonparametric regression suchas local polynomial and smoothing spline estimators are sensitive to unusual observations and alternatives designed to be...

We consider semi parametric estimation of the long-memory parameter of a stationaryprocess in the presence of an additive nonparametric mean function. We use a semi parametric Whittle type estimator, applied to the tapered, differenced series. Since the mean function is not necessarily...

We consider processes with second order long range dependence resulting from heavytailed durations. We refer to this phenomenon as duration-driven long range dependence(DDLRD), as opposed to the more widely studied linear long range dependence based onfractional di erencing of an iid process. We...

We discuss some of the issues pertaining to modelling and estimating long memory in volatility. Themain focus is on semi parametric estimation of the memory parameter in the long memory stochasticvolatility model. We present the asymptotic properties of the log periodogram regression estimator...

We consider the asymptotic behavior of log-periodogram regression estimators ofthe memory parameter in long-memory stochastic volatility models, under the nullhypothesis of short memory in volatility. We show that in this situation, if theperiodogram is computed from the log squared returns,...

We develop a sequence of tests for specifying the cointegrating rank of, possibly fractional, multiple time series. Memory parameters of observables are treated as unknown, as are those of possible cointegrating errors. The individual test statistics have standard null asymptotics, and are...

We describe and examine a consistent test for the correct specification of a regression function with dependent data. The test is based on the supremum of the difference between the parametric and nonparametric estimates of the regression model. Rather surprisingly, the behaviour of the test...

We consider the estimation of the location of the pole and memory parameter, amp;#955;lt;supgt;0lt;/supgt; and amp;#945; respectively, of covariance stationary linear processes whose spectral density function f(amp;#955;) satisfies f(amp;#955;) amp;#8764; C|amp;#955; amp;#8722;...

We consider a parametric spectral density with power-law behaviour about a fractional pole at the unknown frequency w. The case of unknown w, especially w = 0, is standard in the long memory literature. When w is unknown, asymptotic distribution theory for estimates of parameters, including the...