Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19508 
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Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper Series 1 No. 2004,41
Publisher: 
Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
In this paper, we investigate the implications of the two concepts of asymmetry defined by Sichel (1993) - deepness and steepness - for first-order autoregressive processes with a Markov-switching intercept. In order to do so, we derive the two required formulas determining the coefficient of skewness of first-order autoregressive processes with a Markov-switching intercept and the coefficient of skewness of the first differences of these processes. For the special case of two states, we present the parameter restrictions leading to non-deepness and non-steepness. We show that these restrictions imply that the conclusions of Clements & Krolzig (2003) with respect to asymmetries of processes with a Markov-switching intercept are not correct. Finally, we apply the results to U.S. GDP which is found to exhibit strongly significant deepness and steepness.
Subjects: 
asymmetry
deepness
steepness
Markov-switching
business cycles
JEL: 
C22
C12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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