Digitale Medien
Cambridge, Mass.
:
Berkeley Electronic Press (now: De Gruyter)
Studies in nonlinear dynamics and econometrics
2.1997, 1, art1
ISSN:
1081-1826
Quelle:
Berkeley Electronic Press Academic Journals
Thema:
Mathematik
,
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Notizen:
A distribution theory is developed for least-squares estimates of the threshold in Threshold Autoregressive (TAR) models. We find that if we let the threshold effect (the difference in slopes between the two regimes) become small as the sample size increases, then the asymptotic distribution of the threshold estimator is free of nuisance parameters (up to scale). Similarly, the likelihood ratio statistic for testing hypotheses concerning the unknown threshold is asymptotically free of nuisance parameters. These asymptotic distributions are nonstandard, but are available in closed form, so critical values are readily available. To illustrate this theory, we report an application to the U.S. unemployment rate. We find statistically significant threshold effects.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://www.bepress.com/snde/vol2/iss1/art1
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