Bias correction for the regression-based LM fractional integration test

AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis - Tập 92 - Trang 91-99 - 2008
Matei Demetrescu1, Adina I. Tarcolea1
1Statistics and Econometric Methods, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Tóm tắt

This paper examines the finite-sample behavior of the Lagrange Multiplier (LM) test for fractional integration proposed by Breitung and Hassler (J. Econom. 110:167–185, 2002). We find by extensive Monte Carlo simulations that size distortions can be quite large in small samples. These are caused by a finite-sample bias towards the alternative. Analytic expressions for this bias are derived, based on which the test can easily be corrected.

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