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The shifting seasonal mean autoregressive model and seasonality in the Central England monthly temperature series, 1772–2016

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  • He, Changli
  • Kang, Jian
  • Teräsvirta, Timo
  • Zhang, Shuhua

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A new autoregressive model with seasonal dummy variables in which coefficients of seasonal dummies vary smoothly and deterministically over time is introduced. The error variance of the model is seasonally heteroskedastic and multiplicatively decomposed as in ARCH models. This variance is also allowed to be smoothly and deterministically time-varying. Under regularity conditions, consistency and asymptotic normality of the maximum likelihood estimators of parameters of this model is proved. The purpose of the model is to find out how the average monthly temperatures in the well-known central England temperature series have been varying during the period of more than 240 years. The main result is that warming has occurred but that there are notable differences between months. In particular, no warming is found for February, April, May and June.

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  • He, Changli & Kang, Jian & Teräsvirta, Timo & Zhang, Shuhua, 2019. "The shifting seasonal mean autoregressive model and seasonality in the Central England monthly temperature series, 1772–2016," Econometrics and Statistics, Elsevier, vol. 12(C), pages 1-24.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecosta:v:12:y:2019:i:c:p:1-24
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosta.2019.05.005
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    Keywords

    Global warming; Nonlinear time series; Changing seasonality; Smooth transition; Testing constancy; Time-varying error variance;
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    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
    • C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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