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Restoring monotonic power in Wald/LM-type tests

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Wald/LM-type tests for a shift in mean often exhibit nonmonotonic power, due to incorrect estimation of long-run variance. In this paper, we propose a robust estimator of long-run variance that is built on nonparametric regression residuals and always converges to the true long-run variance under both the null and the alternative hypothesis. Monte Carlo experiments show that the modified tests have monotonic power against the mean with single or multiple breaks in finite samples.

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  • Wu, Jilin, 2015. "Restoring monotonic power in Wald/LM-type tests," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 13-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:126:y:2015:i:c:p:13-17
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.10.020
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    Keywords

    Long-run variance; Nonmonotonic power; Wald/LM-type tests;
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    JEL classification:

    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes

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