Least squares estimation in a simple random coefficient autoregressive model

Søren Johansen; Theis Lange

doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2013.04.013

Least squares estimation in a simple random coefficient autoregressive model

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The question we discuss is whether a simple random coefficient autoregressive model with infinite variance can create the long swings, or persistence, which are observed in many macroeconomic variables. The model is defined by yt=stρyt−1+εt,t=1,…,n, where st is an i.i.d. binary variable with p=P(st=1), independent of εt i.i.d. with mean zero and finite variance. We say that the process yt is persistent if the autoregressive coefficient View the MathML source of yt on yt−1 is close to one. We take p<1<pρ2 which implies 1<ρ and that yt is stationary with infinite variance. Under this assumption we prove the curious result that View the MathML source. The proof applies the notion of a tail index of sums of positive random variables with infinite variance to find the order of magnitude of View the MathML source and View the MathML source and hence the limit of View the MathML source

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Econometrics
Volume	177
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	285-288
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0304-4076
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2013.04.013
Publication status	Published - Apr 2013

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Bubble models
Explosive processes
Stable limits
Time series

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Least squares estimation in a simple random coefficient autoregressive model

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