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How to Deal with Structural Breaks in Practical Cointegration Analysis

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Roselyne Joyeux () (Department of Economics, Macquarie University)

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In this note we consider the treatment of structural breaks in VAR models used to test for unit roots and cointegration. We give practical guidelines for the inclusion and the specification of intervention dummies in those models.

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Paper provided by Macquarie University, Department of Economics in its series Research Papers with number 0112.

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Length: 11 pages.
Date of creation: Dec 2001
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Handle: RePEc:mac:wpaper:0112

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Keywords: structural break; dummy variable; cointegration; VAR models;

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C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions
C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation and Testing
E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Determination of Interest Rates; Term Structure of Interest Rates

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  1. Franses, Philip Hans, 2001. "How to Deal with Intercept and Trend in Practical Cointegration Analysis?," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 33(5), pages 577-79, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Perron, P, 1988. "The Great Crash, The Oil Price Shock And The Unit Root Hypothesis," Papers 338, Princeton, Department of Economics - Econometric Research Program.
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  4. Perron, Pierre & Vogelsang, Timothy J, 1992. "Nonstationarity and Level Shifts with an Application to Purchasing Power Parity," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 10(3), pages 301-20, July.
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  5. Perron, Pierre, 1990. "Testing for a Unit Root in a Time Series with a Changing Mean," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 8(2), pages 153-62, April.
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  6. Søren Johansen & Rocco Mosconi & Bent Nielsen, 2000. "Cointegration analysis in the presence of structural breaks in the deterministic trend," Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 3(2), pages 216-249. [Downloadable!]
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