Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/117718 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) No. 547
Publisher: 
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Hannover
Abstract: 
This paper provides a multivariate score-type test to distinguish between true and spurious long memory. The test is based on the weighted sum of the partial derivatives of the multivariate local Whittle likelihood function. This approach takes phase shifts in the multivariate spectrum into account. The resulting pivotal limiting distribution is independent of the dimension of the process, which makes it easy to apply in practice. We prove the consistency of our test against the alternative of random level shifts or monotonic trends. A Monte Carlo analysis shows good finite sample properties of the test in terms of size and power. Additionally, we apply our test to the log-absolute returns of the S&P 500, DAX, FTSE, and the NIKKEI. The multivariate test gives formal evidence that these series are contaminated by level shifts.
Subjects: 
Multivariate Long Memory
Semiparametric Estimation
Spurious Long Memory
Volatility
JEL: 
C12
C32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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