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Estimation of a Dynamic Tobit Model with a Unit Root

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  • Anna Bykhovskaya
  • James A. Duffy

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This paper studies robust estimation in the dynamic Tobit model under local-to-unity (LUR) asymptotics. We show that both Gaussian maximum likelihood (ML) and censored least absolute deviations (CLAD) estimators are consistent, extending results from the stationary case where ordinary least squares (OLS) is inconsistent. The asymptotic distributions of MLE and CLAD are derived; for the short-run parameters they are shown to be Gaussian, yielding standard normal t-statistics. In contrast, although OLS remains consistent under LUR, its t-statistics are not standard normal. These results enable reliable model selection via sequential t-tests based on ML and CLAD, paralleling the linear autoregressive case. Applications to financial and epidemiological time series illustrate their practical relevance.

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  • Anna Bykhovskaya & James A. Duffy, 2025. "Estimation of a Dynamic Tobit Model with a Unit Root," Papers 2512.12110, arXiv.org.
    • Handle: RePEc:arx:papers:2512.12110
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