Autore
Mizon, Grayham E.

Titolo
A simple message for autocorrelation correctors: don't
Periodico
European University Institute of Badia Fiesolana (Fi). Department of Economics - Working papers
Anno: 1993 - Fascicolo: 37 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 30

Though the practice of ‘correcting for residual autocorrelation’ has long been criticized it is still commonly advocated and followed. A simple example shows that even when a linear regression model has first order autoregressive errors it is possible for autoregressive least squares estimation (e.g. Cochrane-Orcutt) to yield inconsistent estimates. This dramatically illustrates that ‘autocorrelation correction’ is invalid in general, and cannot be justified on the grounds of Tobustifying’ estimation against the presence of residual serial correlation. Invalid common factors in 1(1) systems also have adverse effects on inference. A ‘general-to-specific’ modelling strategy applied to the observed modelled variables avoids these difficulties.



Testo completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/478

Esportazione dati in Refworks (solo per utenti abilitati)