Long-run Causality, with an Application to International Links Between Long-term Interest Rates |
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Authors: | Catherine Bruneau & Eric Jondeau |
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Institution: | Universite de Paris X-Nanterre,;Banque de France |
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Abstract: | In this paper we give a precise definition of long-run causality in a multivariate non-stationary, possibly cointegrated, framework. A variable is said to be causal for another in the long-run if knowledge of the past of the former improves long-run predictions of the latter. In a VAR framework, we show that long-run non-causality can be easily tested with a Wald statistics, conditionally on the cointegration rank. The methodology is used to study long-run causal links between US, German, and French long-term interest rates from January 1990 to June 1997. |
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