Small‐b and fixed‐b asymptotics for weighted covariance estimation in fractional cointegration

In a standard cointegrating framework, Phillips (1991) introduced the weighted covariance (WC) estimator of cointegrating parameters. Later, Marinucci (2000) applied this estimator to fractional circumstances and, like Phillips (1991), analysed the so-called small-b asymptotic approximation to its s...

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Autores: Hualde Bilbao, Javier, Iacone, Fabrizio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/38136
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/38136
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fractional cointegration
First-stage methods
Small-b and fixed-b asymptotic theory
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Sumario:In a standard cointegrating framework, Phillips (1991) introduced the weighted covariance (WC) estimator of cointegrating parameters. Later, Marinucci (2000) applied this estimator to fractional circumstances and, like Phillips (1991), analysed the so-called small-b asymptotic approximation to its sampling distribution. Recently, an alternative limiting theory (fixed-b asymptotics) has been successfully employed to approximate sampling distributions. With the purpose of comparing both approaches, we derive here the fixed-b limit of WC estimators in a fractional setting, filling also some gaps in the traditional (small-b) theory. We also provide some Monte Carlo evidence that suggests that the fixed-b limit is more accurate.