Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/98889 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 14-010/IV/DSF71
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
We develop a new parameter stability test against the alternative of observation driven generalized autoregressive score dynamics. The new test generalizes the ARCH-LM test of Engle (1982) to settings beyond time-varying volatility and exploits any autocorrelation in the likelihood scores under the alternative. We compare the test's performance with that of alternative tests developed for competing time-varying parameter frameworks, such as structural breaks and observation driven parameter dynamics. The new test has higher and more stable power against alternatives with frequent regime switches or with non-local parameter driven time-variation. For parameter driven time variation close to the null or for infrequent structural changes, the test of Muller and Petalas (2010) performs best overall. We apply all tests empirically to a panel of losses given default over the period 1982--2010 and find significant evidence of parameter variation in the underlying beta distribution.
Subjects: 
time-varying parameters
observation driven models
parameter driven models
structural breaks
generalized autoregressive score model
regime switching
credit risk
JEL: 
C12
C52
C22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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