Tests for cointegration rank and the initial condition |
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Authors: | Niklas Ahlgren Mikael Juselius |
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Affiliation: | 1. Hanken School of Economics, PO Box 479, Arkadiagatan 22, 00101, Helsinki, Finland 2. Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki, PO Box 17, Arkadiagatan 7, 00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Abstract: | Many economic events involve initial observations that substantially deviate from long-run steady state. Such initial conditions are known to affect the power of univariate unit root tests diversely, whereas their impact on multivariate tests is largely unknown. This paper investigates the impact of the initial condition on the power of tests for cointegration rank, such as Johansen??s widely used likelihood ratio test, tests with prior adjustment for deterministic terms, and a test based on the eigenvalues of the companion matrix. We find that the power of the likelihood ratio test is increasing in the magnitude of the initial condition, whereas the power of the other tests is generally decreasing. We exploit these findings in an application to price convergence. |
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