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Testing the order of fractional integration of a time series in the possible presence of a trend break at an unknown point

Iacone, Fabrizio; Leybourne, Stephen J.; Taylor, A.M. Robert

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Fabrizio Iacone

A.M. Robert Taylor



Abstract

We develop a test, based on the Lagrange multiplier [LM] testing principle, for the value of the long memory parameter of a univariate time series that is composed of a fractionally integrated shock around a potentially broken deterministic trend. Our proposed test is constructed from data which are de-trended allowing for a trend break whose (unknown) location is estimated by a standard residual sum of squares estimator applied either to the levels or first differences of the data, depending on the value specified for the long memory parameter under the null hypothesis. We demonstrate that the resulting LM-type statistic has a standard limiting null chi-squared distribution with one degree of freedom, and attains the same asymptotic local power function as an infeasible LM test based on the true shocks. Our proposed test therefore attains the same asymptotic local optimality properties as an oracle LM test in both the trend break and no trend break environments. Moreover, this asymptotic local power function does not alter between the break and no break cases and so there is no loss in asymptotic local power from allowing for a trend break at an unknown point in the sample, even in the case where no break is present. We also report the results from a Monte Carlo study into the finite-sample behaviour of our proposed test.

Citation

Iacone, F., Leybourne, S. J., & Taylor, A. R. (2018). Testing the order of fractional integration of a time series in the possible presence of a trend break at an unknown point. Econometric Theory, 35(6), 1201 - 1233. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266466618000361

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 28, 2018
Online Publication Date Nov 16, 2018
Publication Date Nov 16, 2018
Deposit Date Sep 13, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Econometric Theory
Print ISSN 0266-4666
Electronic ISSN 1469-4360
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 35
Issue 6
Pages 1201 - 1233
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266466618000361
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1074550
Publisher URL https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/econometric-theory/article/testing-the-order-of-fractional-integration-of-a-time-series-in-the-possible-presence-of-a-trend-break-at-an-unknown-point/AC7D5B71FB5317DC7BFB95607FAB702E
Additional Information License: Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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