Limit Theory for Moderate Deviations from Unity
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2007
Abstract
An asymptotic theory is given for autoregressive time series with a root of the form [rho]n=1+c/kn, which represents moderate deviations from unity when is a deterministic sequence increasing to infinity at a rate slower than n, so that kn=o(n) as n-->[infinity]. For c<0, the results provide a rate of convergence and asymptotic normality for the first order serial correlation, partially bridging the and n convergence rates for the stationary (kn=1) and conventional local to unity (kn=n) cases. For c>0, the serial correlation coefficient is shown to have a convergence rate and a Cauchy limit distribution without assuming Gaussian errors, so an invariance principle applies when [rho]n>1. This result links moderate deviation asymptotics to earlier results on the explosive autoregression proved under Gaussian errors for kn=1, where the convergence rate of the serial correlation coefficient is (1+c)n and no invariance principle applies.
Discipline
Econometrics
Research Areas
Econometrics
Publication
Journal of Econometrics
Volume
136
Issue
1
First Page
115
Last Page
130
ISSN
0304-4076
Identifier
10.1016/j.jeconom.2005.08.002,
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
PHILLIPS, Peter C. B. and Magadalinos, Tassos.
Limit Theory for Moderate Deviations from Unity. (2007). Journal of Econometrics. 136, (1), 115-130.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/282
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2005.08.002,
