Spurious break

Luis C. Nunes; Chung Ming Kuan; Paul Newbold

doi:10.1017/S0266466600009713

Spurious break

Luis C. Nunes, Chung Ming Kuan, Paul Newbold

NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)

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Abstract

A quasi-maximum likelihood estimator of the break date is analyzed. Consistency of the estimator is demonstrated under very general conditions, provided that the data-generating process is not integrated. However, the asymptotic distribution of the estimator is quite different for time series that are integrated of order one. In that case, when there is no break, the analyst can be spuriously led to the estimation of a break near the middle of the time series.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	736-749
Number of pages	14
Journal	Econometric Theory
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266466600009713
Publication status	Published - 1995

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