Recursive right-tailed unit root tests for an explosive asset price bubble

In this article, we compare the local asymptotic and finite sample power of two recently proposed recursive right-tailed Dickey–Fuller-type tests for an explosive rational bubble in asset prices. It is shown that the power of the two tests can differ substantially depending on the location of the ex...

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Main Authors: Harvey, David I., Leybourne, Stephen J., Sollis, Robert
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Published: Oxford University Press 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32667/
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description In this article, we compare the local asymptotic and finite sample power of two recently proposed recursive right-tailed Dickey–Fuller-type tests for an explosive rational bubble in asset prices. It is shown that the power of the two tests can differ substantially depending on the location of the explosive regime, and whether such a regime ends in collapse. Since this information is typically unknown to the practitioner, we propose a union of rejections strategy that combines inference from the two individual tests. We find that, for a given specification of the explosive regime, the union of rejections strategy always attains power close to the better of the individual tests considered. An empirical illustration using the Nasdaq composite price index is also provided.
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spelling nottingham-326672020-05-04T20:11:00Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32667/ Recursive right-tailed unit root tests for an explosive asset price bubble Harvey, David I. Leybourne, Stephen J. Sollis, Robert In this article, we compare the local asymptotic and finite sample power of two recently proposed recursive right-tailed Dickey–Fuller-type tests for an explosive rational bubble in asset prices. It is shown that the power of the two tests can differ substantially depending on the location of the explosive regime, and whether such a regime ends in collapse. Since this information is typically unknown to the practitioner, we propose a union of rejections strategy that combines inference from the two individual tests. We find that, for a given specification of the explosive regime, the union of rejections strategy always attains power close to the better of the individual tests considered. An empirical illustration using the Nasdaq composite price index is also provided. Oxford University Press 2015 Article PeerReviewed Harvey, David I., Leybourne, Stephen J. and Sollis, Robert (2015) Recursive right-tailed unit root tests for an explosive asset price bubble. Journal of Financial Econometrics, 13 (1). pp. 166-187. ISSN 1479-8417 Rational bubble; Explosive autoregression; Unit root testing http://jfec.oxfordjournals.org/content/13/1/166 doi:10.1093/jjfinec/nbt025 doi:10.1093/jjfinec/nbt025
spellingShingle Rational bubble; Explosive autoregression; Unit root testing
Harvey, David I.
Leybourne, Stephen J.
Sollis, Robert
Recursive right-tailed unit root tests for an explosive asset price bubble
title Recursive right-tailed unit root tests for an explosive asset price bubble
title_full Recursive right-tailed unit root tests for an explosive asset price bubble
title_fullStr Recursive right-tailed unit root tests for an explosive asset price bubble
title_full_unstemmed Recursive right-tailed unit root tests for an explosive asset price bubble
title_short Recursive right-tailed unit root tests for an explosive asset price bubble
title_sort recursive right-tailed unit root tests for an explosive asset price bubble
topic Rational bubble; Explosive autoregression; Unit root testing
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32667/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32667/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32667/