Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/66508 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 93
Publisher: 
Osnabrück University, Institute of Empirical Economic Research, Osnabrück
Abstract: 
Interpreting Granger causality as economic causality implies that the underlying VAR model is a structural economic model. However, this is wrong if simultaneity occurs. Magnitude and stability of possible errors are analysed in a simulation study. It is shown that economic misinterpretations of tests of Granger causality can occur with probability one for realistic parameter values. Furthermore, the power of the test can be rather low even with a sample size of T=50.
Subjects: 
Granger causality
test
simultaneity
instantaneous causality
JEL: 
C32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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