Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/72704 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Reihe Ökonomie / Economics Series No. 233
Publisher: 
Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna
Abstract: 
We consider a nonparametric test for the null of seasonal unit roots in quarterly time series that builds on the RUR (records unit root) test by Aparicio, Escribano, and Sipols. We find that the test concept is more promising than a formalization of visual aids such as plots by quarter. In order to cope with the sensitivity of the original RUR test to autocorrelation under its null of a unit root, we suggest an augmentation step by autoregression. We present some evidence on the size and power of our procedure and we illustrate it by applications to a commodity price and to an unemployment rate.
Subjects: 
seasonality
nonparametric test
unit roots
JEL: 
C12
C14
C22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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