Unit root testing under a local break in trend using partial information on the break date*Tools Harvey, David I., Leybourne, Stephen J. and Robert Taylor, A.M. (2014) Unit root testing under a local break in trend using partial information on the break date*. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 76 (1). pp. 93-111. ISSN 1468-0084 Full text not available from this repository.AbstractWe consider unit root testing allowing for a break in trend when partial information is available regarding the location of the break date. This takes the form of knowledge of a relatively narrow window of data within which the break takes place, should it occur at all. For such circumstances, we suggest employing a union of rejections strategy, which combines a unit root test that allows for a trend break somewhere within the window, with a unit root test that makes no allowance for a trend break. Asymptotic and _nite sample evidence shows that our suggested strategy works well, provided that, when a break does occur, the partial information is correct. An empirical application to UK interest rate data containing the 1973 ‘oil shock’ is also considered.
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