Irrelevant variables in cointegration analysis
Irrelevant variables in cointegration analysis
We investigate analytically and via Monte Carlo simulations the effects of the inclusion of irrelevant variables in the statistical model, on the cointegration analysis of Johansen (1988, 1991). We show that overspecifying the statistical model does not affect inference about the cointegrating rank, as Johansen (1996, p. 42) suggests. Estimators of the cointegrating vectors and adjustment coefficients remain consistent, but efficiency is affected for the cointegrating vectors. Simulations show that overspecifying the statistical model can considerably reduce the power of tests of cointegrating rank.
cointegration, misspecification, irrelevant variables, asymptotics, monte carlo
University of Southampton
Pashourtidou, Nicoletta
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O'Brien, Raymond
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1 June 2003
Pashourtidou, Nicoletta
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O'Brien, Raymond
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Pashourtidou, Nicoletta and O'Brien, Raymond
(2003)
Irrelevant variables in cointegration analysis
(Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics)
Southampton, UK.
University of Southampton
50pp.
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We investigate analytically and via Monte Carlo simulations the effects of the inclusion of irrelevant variables in the statistical model, on the cointegration analysis of Johansen (1988, 1991). We show that overspecifying the statistical model does not affect inference about the cointegrating rank, as Johansen (1996, p. 42) suggests. Estimators of the cointegrating vectors and adjustment coefficients remain consistent, but efficiency is affected for the cointegrating vectors. Simulations show that overspecifying the statistical model can considerably reduce the power of tests of cointegrating rank.
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Published date: 1 June 2003
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cointegration, misspecification, irrelevant variables, asymptotics, monte carlo
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