| Title: |
Cross-Sectional Dependence Robust Block Bootstrap Panel Unit Root Tests |
| Authors: |
Franz C. Palm; Stephan Smeekes; Jean-pierre Urbain; Jel Code C |
| Contributors: |
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| Source: |
http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=14394. |
| Publication Year: |
2008 |
| Collection: |
CiteSeerX |
| Subject Terms: |
block bootstrap; panel unit root test; cross-sectional dependence |
| Description: |
In this paper we consider the issue of unit root testing in cross-sectionally dependent panels. We consider panels that may be characterized by various forms of cross-sectional dependence including (but not exclusive to) the popular common factor framework. We consider block bootstrap versions of the group-mean Im, Pesaran, and Shin (2003) and the pooled Levin, Lin, and Chu (2002) unit root coefficient DF-tests for panel data, originally proposed for a setting of no cross-sectional dependence beyond a common time effect. The tests, suited for testing for unit roots in the observed data, can be easily implemented as no specification or estimation of the dependence structure is required. Asymptotic proper-ties of the tests are derived for T going to infinity and N finite. Asymptotic validity of the bootstrap tests is established in very general settings, including the presence of common factors and even cointegration across units. Properties under the alternative hypothesis are also considered. In a Monte Carlo simulation, the bootstrap tests are found to have rejection frequencies that are much closer to nominal size than the rejection frequencies for the corresponding asymptotic tests. The power properties of the bootstrap tests ap- |
| Document Type: |
text |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.512.4965; http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=14394 |
| Availability: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.512.4965; http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=14394 |
| Rights: |
Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.AA98B3EC |
| Database: |
BASE |