The finite-sample size properties of smooth transition unit root tests are examined when applied to unit root processes subject to breaks in either level or drift. In contrast to the weighted symmetric and recursively mean-adjusted unit root tests which have been shown to be robust in these...

The research of Leybourne and Newbold (2003) is extended to examine the finite-sample size of the weighted symmetric cointegration test when applied to independent unit root processes subject to structural change. The results obtained show the weighted symmetric cointegration test to be more...

In this paper we introduce a new test of the null hypothesis of nocointegration between a pair of time series. For a very simple generating model, ourtest compares favourably with the Engle-Granger/Dickey-Fuller test and the Johansentrace test. Indeed, shortcomings of the former motivated the...