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In this paper, we propose Phillips-Perron type, semi-parametric testing procedures to distinguish a unit root process from a mean-reverting exponential smooth transition autoregressive one. The limiting nonstandard distributions are derived under very general conditions and simulation evidence shows that the tests perform better than the standard Phillips-Perron or Dickey-Fuller tests in the region of the null.
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Rothe, C., Sibbertsen, P. Phillips-Perron-type unit root tests in the nonlinear ESTAR framework. Allgemeines Statistisches Arch 90, 439–456 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10182-006-0244-y
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Keywords
- Exponential smooth transition autoregressive model
- unit roots
- Monte Carlo simulations
- purchasing power parity