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Fixed bandwidth asymptotics in single equation models of cointegration with an application to money demand
Economics Working Papers (2002–2016)
  • Helle Bunzel, Iowa State University
Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
10-1-2004
Working Paper Number
WP #03024, August 2003 revised October 2004; Old working paper #10685
Abstract

This paper provides a new approach to testing cointegration parameters in a single-equation cointegration environment. The novelty is in improving over the well-known heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation consistent (HAC) robust standard errors using fixed bandwidth (fixed-b) asymptotic theory and adapting it to the cointegration environment. It is shown that the standard tests still have asymptotic distributions free of serial correlation nuisance parameters regardless of the bandwidth or kernel used, even if the regressors in the cointegration relationship are endogenous. Using asymptotic power and finite sample size simulation experiments, a specific kernel and bandwidth choice is recommended. Finite sample simulations comparing the size and power of the test using the fixed-b asymptotics to some of the currently popular tests are performed. These simulations confirm that the well-known size distortion of the standard tests can be greatly reduced. Finally, the newly developed test is employed to investigate the standard money-demand relationship for US data.

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41 pages
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This version: October 2004 (First version: August 2003)
Citation Information
Helle Bunzel. "Fixed bandwidth asymptotics in single equation models of cointegration with an application to money demand" (2004)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/helle-bunzel/8/