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PARTIALLY LINEAR MODELS WITH UNIT ROOTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2005

Ted Juhl  and
Zhijie Xiao
Ted Juhl
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Zhijie Xiao
Affiliation:
Boston College
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Abstract

This paper studies the asymptotic properties of a nonstationary partially linear regression model. In particular, we allow for covariates to enter the unit root (or near unit root) model in a nonparametric fashion, so that our model is an extension of the semiparametric model analyzed in Robinson (1988, Econometrica 56, 931–954). It is proved that the autoregressive parameter can be estimated at rate N even though part of the model is estimated nonparametrically. Unit root tests based on the semiparametric estimate of the autoregressive parameter have a limiting distribution that is a mixture of a standard normal and the Dickey–Fuller distribution. A Monte Carlo experiment is conducted to evaluate the performance of the tests for various linear and nonlinear specifications.We thank Bruce Hansen, Roger Koenker, Helmut Lütkepohl, Peter Phillips, three referees, and participants of the 8th World Congress of the Econometric Society and the 10th Midwest Econometrics Group Meeting for helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper. This investigation was supported by the University of Kansas General Research Fund allocation 2301789-003.

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Research Article
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Econometric Theory , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 877 - 906
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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