Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Papers,
Lund University, Department of Economics
No 2006:13: Simple Tests for Cointegration in Dependent Panels with Structural Breaks
Joakim Westerlund () and David Edgerton ()
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Joakim Westerlund: Department of Economics, Lund University, Postal: Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Box 7082, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden
David Edgerton: Department of Economics, Lund University, Postal: Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Box 7082, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden
Abstract: This paper develops two very simple tests for the null hypothesis of no cointegration in panel data. The tests are general enough to allow for heteroskedastic and serially correlated errors, unit specific time trends, cross-sectional dependence and an unknown structural break in both the intercept and slope of the cointegrated regression, which may be located different dates for different units. The limiting distributions of the tests are derived, and are found to be normal and free of nuisance parameters under the null. A small simulation study is also conducted to investigate the small-sample properties of the tests.
Keywords: Panel Cointegration; Cointegration Test; Structural Break; Cross-Sectional Dependence; Common Factor
32 pages, First version: May 4, 2006. Revised: January 28, 2007.
- Published as
- Joakim Westerlund and David Edgerton, (2008), 'Simple Tests for Cointegration in Dependent Panels with Structural Breaks', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol 70, pages 665-704
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