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Non-linearities and unit roots in G7 macroeconomic variables

Aksoy, Yunus, Leon-Ledesma, Miguel A. (2008) Non-linearities and unit roots in G7 macroeconomic variables. The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Topics, 8 (1). Article 5. ISSN 1935-1690. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:6312)

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Abstract

We carry out a meta-analysis on the frequency of unit-roots in macroeconomic time series with a dataset covering 249 variables for the G7 countries. We use linear tests and the three popular non-linear tests (TAR, ESTAR and Markov Switching). In general, the evidence in favour of the random walk hypothesis is weaker than in previous studies. This evidence against unit roots is stronger for real and nominal asset prices. Our results show that rejection of the null of a unit root in the macro dataset is substantially higher for non-linear than linear models. Finally, the results from a Monte Carlo experiment show that rejection frequencies are very close to the nominal size of the test when the DGP is a linear unit root process. This leads us to reject the hypothesis that overfitting deterministic components explains the higher rejection frequencies of nonlinear tests.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled keywords: overfitting; nonlinear models; unit root
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics
Depositing User: Miguel Leon-Ledesma
Date Deposited: 28 Jul 2008 08:21 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:44 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/6312 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Leon-Ledesma, Miguel A..

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3558-2990
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