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Threshold stochastic unit root models

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.contributor.authorGonzalo, Jesús
dc.contributor.authorMontesinos, Raquel
dc.contributor.editorUniversidad Carlos III de Madrides
dc.date.accessioned2008-12-03T15:44:23Z
dc.date.available2008-12-03T15:44:23Z
dc.date.issued2002-09
dc.description.abstractThis paper introduces a new class of stochastic unit root (STUR) processes, where the randomness of the autorregresive unit root is driven by a threshold variable. These new models, the threshold autorregresive stochastic unit root (TARSUR) models, are stationary in some regimes and mildly explosive in others. TARSUR models are not only an alternative to fixed unit root models but present interpretation, estimation and testing advantages with respect to the existent STUR models. The paper analyzes the stationarity properties of the TARSUR models and proposes a simple t -statistic for testing the null hypothesis of a fixed unit root versus a stochastic unit root hypothesis. It is shown that its asymptotic distribution (AD) depends on the knowledge we have about the threshold values: known, unknown but identified, and unknown and unidentified. In the first two cases the AD is a standard Normal distribution, while in the last one the AD is a functional of Brownian Motions and Brownian Sheets. Monte Carlo simulations show that the proposed tests behave very well in finite samples and that the Dickey-Fuller test cannot easily distinguish between an exact unit root and a threshold stochastic unit root. The paper concludes with applications to stock prices and interest rates where the hypothesis of a fixed unit root is rejected in favor of the threshold stochastic unit root.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/3240
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.subjectDickey-Fuller test
dc.subjectDifference stationary
dc.subjectNonstationary time series
dc.subjectStochastic difference equations
dc.subjectStochastic unit roots
dc.subjectTime varying coefficients
dc.subjectThreshold models
dc.subjectUnit roots
dc.subject.ecienciaEconomía
dc.titleThreshold stochastic unit root models
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