Dynamic Factor Models and Fractional Integration—With an Application to US Real Economic Activity

This paper makes a twofold contribution. First, it develops the dynamic factor model of by allowing for fractional integration instead of imposing the classical dichotomy between I(0) stationary and I(1) non-stationary series. This more general setup provides valuable information on the degree of pe...

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Autores: Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis Alberiko, Piqueras Martinez, Pedro Jose
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Málaga
Repositorio:DDFV. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddfv.ufv.es:10641/6478
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10641/6478
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Kalman filter
business cycle
dynamic factor models
economic activity
fractional integration
persistence
state-space models
Economics and Econometrics
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Sumario:This paper makes a twofold contribution. First, it develops the dynamic factor model of by allowing for fractional integration instead of imposing the classical dichotomy between I(0) stationary and I(1) non-stationary series. This more general setup provides valuable information on the degree of persistence and mean-reverting properties of the series. Second, the proposed framework is used to analyse five annual US Real Economic Activity series (Employees, Energy, Industrial Production, Manufacturing, Personal Income) over the period from 1967 to 2019 in order to shed light on their degree of persistence and cyclical behaviour. The results indicate that economic activity in the US is highly persistent and is also characterised by cycles with a periodicity of 6 years and 8 months.