Controlling Heterogeneous Structure of Smooth Breaks in Panel Unit Root and Cointegration Testing

Author First name, Last name, Institution

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Computational Economics

Publication Date

1-1-2021

Abstract

This study aims to show the consequences of a restrictive homogeneity assumption of frequency in heterogeneous panel unit root and cointegration testing with Flexible Fourier Form. For this purpose, we use a simple panel unit root and residual based cointegration test with Flexible Fourier Form in a heterogeneous frequency setting using a bootstrap algorithm. The power of the test statistics and empirical analysis results indicate that failing to take into account a heterogeneous frequency may lead to misleading inferences, thereby leading to misspecified tests and erroneous conclusions concerning the stochastic behavior of the data in the panel sample.

ISSN

0927-7099

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Disciplines

Business | Computer Sciences

Keywords

Bootstrap, Flexible Fourier form, Heterogeneous fractional frequency, Panel unit root, Structural break

Scopus ID

85118325431

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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