Testing Parameter Constancy in Stationary Vector Autoregressive Models Against Continuous Change

Serie

  • SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance

Resumen

  • In this paper we derive a parameter constancy test of a stationary vector autoregressive model against the hypothesis that the parameters of the model change smoothly over time. A single structural break is contained in this alternative hypothesis as a special case. The test is a generalization of a single-equation test of a similar hypothesis proposed in the literature. An advantage here is that the asymptotic distribution theory is standard. The performance of the tests is compared to that of generalized Chow-tests and found satisfactory in terms of both size and power.

fecha de publicación

  • 2002-08

Líneas de investigación

  • Econometric Modelling
  • Misspecification Test
  • Parameter Stability
  • Smooth Transition
  • Structural

Issue

  • 507