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Spurious Common Factors

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  • Bettina Becker

    (School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, UK)

  • Stephen G Hall

    (Department of Economics, University of Leicester, UK)

Abstract

We conduct Monte Carlo simulations of principal components analyses of unrelated time series in order to investigate whether the stationarity properties of the data matter, as they do for least-squares regression analysis. We find that for stationary series the results are standard and reflect the lack of a relationship. For non-stationary series however spurious common factors may persist in large samples.

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  • Bettina Becker & Stephen G Hall, 2012. "Spurious Common Factors," Discussion Paper Series 2012_12, Department of Economics, Loughborough University, revised Oct 2012.
    • Handle: RePEc:lbo:lbowps:2012_12
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    Keywords

    Common factor analysis; Principal components; Spurious regression; Non-stationary data.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C2 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables
    • C5 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling
    • C8 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs

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