Sieve bootstrap t-tests on long-run average parameters

  • Authors:
  • Ana-Maria Fuertes

  • Affiliations:
  • Faculty of Finance, Cass Business School, City University, 106 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TZ, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Panel estimators can provide consistent measures of a long-run average parameter even if the individual regressions are spurious. However, the t-test on this parameter is fraught with problems because the limit distribution of the test statistic is non-standard and rather complicated, particularly in panels with mixed (non-)stationary errors. A sieve bootstrap framework is suggested to approximate the distribution of the t-statistic. An extensive Monte Carlo study demonstrates that the bootstrap is quite useful in this context.