Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/98408 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1395
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the long-memory properties of both the conditional mean and variance of UK real GDP over the period 1851-2013 by estimating a multivariate ARFIMA-FIGARCH model (with the unemployment rate and inflation as explanatory variables). The results suggest that this series is non-stationary and non-mean-reverting, the null hypotheses of I(0), I(1) and I(2) being rejected in favour of fractional integration - shocks appear to have permanent effects, and therefore policy actions are required to restore equilibrium. The estimate of the long-memory parameter (1.37) is similar to that reported by Candelon and Gil-Alana (2004), implying that aggregate output is not an I(1) process. The presence of long memory in output volatility (d = 0.80) is also confirmed.
Subjects: 
ARFIMA-(FI)GARCH
Dual long memory
Volatility
Fractional impulse-response
Unemployment
Inflation
JEL: 
B23
C14
C32
C53
C54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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