线性回归模型Bootstrap LM-Lag检验有效性研究

基于OLS估计残差,将Bootstrap方法用于空间滞后相关LM-Lag检验。在不同的误差结构和空间权重矩阵条件下,比较Bootstrap LM-Lag检验和渐近检验的水平扭曲和功效。通过Monte Carlo实验表明,当误差项不服从经典正态分布假设时,LM-Lag渐近检验存在严重的水平扭曲,Bootstrap检验能够有效地校正水平扭曲,并且Bootstrap LM-Lag检验的功效与渐近检验近似;无论误差项是否服从正态分布,从水平扭曲和功效角度看,线性回归模型Bootstrap LM-Lag检验有效。     

图解Bootstrap方法用于空间相关性Moran检验的有效性

因为区域间经济收敛、外商直接投资和知识溢出等领域的空间经济计量研究依赖于空间关系的存在,所以进行空间相关性Moran’s I检验是关键。然而,已有空间相关性Moran’s I检验理论受到众多假设条件限制。利用＂名义水平—实际水平＂图和＂名义水平—功效＂图,解析非对称Wild Bootstrap方法用于空间相关性Moran’s I检验的有限样本性质,发现即使模型不满足经典的分布假设条件,与渐近检验相比,Bootstrap方法也能够有效地检验研究对象间的空间相关性。     

空间误差分量模型的Bootstrap LM检验

空间误差分量模型(Spatial Error Components,SEC)传统的空间相关性LM检验存在严重的水平扭曲和较低的检验功效,导致检验统计量失效.文章将Bootstrap方法应用于SEC模型的空间相关性LM检验,提高检验统计量的有效性.Monte Carlo模拟实验表明,Bootstrap LM检验的水平受误差项分布、空间权重矩阵和样本量影响较小,并且远优于渐近LM检验,具有理想的检验水平;渐近LM检验和Bootstrap LM检验的功效均随着空间相关性的增强,及样本量的增大而增大,但Bootstrap LM检验在各种情形下均具有更高的检验功效,尤其是样本量较小时.简言之,Bootstrap LM检验是SEC模型更为优越的空间相关性检验方法.     

空间面板杜宾模型的Bootstrap Wald-COMFAC检验研究

将共同因子约束(COMFAC)的Wald检验问题引入到空间面板模型中,讨论空间面板杜宾模型与空间面板误差模型的识别问题。蒙特卡洛模拟表明:在有限样本下,基于渐近临界值的Wald检验有着良好的检验功效,但存在着较为严重的尺度扭曲。进一步采用残差Bootstrap方法,在不损失检验功效的前提下,能够显著地降低检验的尺度扭曲。因此,残差Bootstrap方法是更为有效的检验方法。     

半参数变系数回归模型的空间相关性检验

对半参数变系数回归模型,构造了新的空间相关性检验统计量,利用三阶矩 逼近方法导出了其检验 值的近似计算公式,蒙特卡罗模拟结果表明该统计量在检测空间相关性方面具有较高的准确性和可靠性。同时考察了误差项服从不同分布时的检验功效,体现出该检验方法的稳健性。进一步,我们还给出了检验统计量的Bootstrap方法以及检验水平的模拟效果。     

空间回归模型选择的反思

空间计量经济学存在两种最基本的模型:空间滞后模型和空间误差模型,这里旨在重新思考和探讨这两种空间回归模型的选择,结论为:Moran’s I指数可以用来判断回归模型后的残差是否存在空间依赖性;在实证分析中,采用拉格朗日乘子检验判断两种模型优劣是最常见的做法。然而,该检验仅仅是基于统计推断而忽略了理论基础,因此,可能导致选择错误的模型;在实证分析中,空间误差模型经常被选择性遗忘,而该模型的适用性较空间滞后模型更为广泛;实证分析大多缺乏空间回归模型设定的探讨,Anselin提出三个统计量,并且,如果模型设定正确,应该遵从Wald统计量>Log likelihood统计量>LM统计量的排列顺序。     

非正态分布下具有自回归误差项的空间自回归模型变量选择研究

将变量选择引入空间计量模型,讨论具有自回归误差项的空间自回归模型的变量选择问题。在残差非正态独立同分布的条件下,通过最大化信息熵,提出空间信息准则,并证明其在该模型变量选择中具有一致性。模拟研究结果表明:无论对单个系数还是对全部系数,空间信息准则都能很好识别,且与经典的赤池准则相比具有较大的优势。因此,空间信息准则是一种更为有效的变量选择方法。     

空间计量模型选择及其模拟分析

空间计量模型的选择是空间计量建模的一个重要组成部分,也是空间计量模型实证分析的关键步骤。本文对空间计量模型选择中的Moran指数检验、LM检验、似然函数、三大信息准则、贝叶斯后验概率、马尔可夫链蒙特卡罗方法做了详细的理论分析。并在此基础之上,通过Matlab编程进行模拟分析,结果表明：在扩充的空间计量模型族中进行模型选择时,基于OLS残差的Moran指数与LM检验均存在较大的局限性,对数似然值最大原则缺少区分度,LM检验只针对SEM和SAR模型的区分有效,信息准则对大多数模型有效,但是也会出现误选。而当给出恰当的M-H算法时,充分利用了似然函数和先验信息的MCMC方法,具有更高的检验效度,特别是在较大的样本条件下得到了完全准确的判断,且对不同阶空间邻接矩阵的空间计量模型的选择也非常有效。     

空间动态面板模型的时间滞后效应检验

空间面板数据模型由于考虑了经济变量间的空间相关性,其优势日益凸显,已成为计量经济学的热点研究领域。将空间相关性与动态模式同时扩展到面板模型中的空间动态面板模型,不仅考虑了经济变量之间的空间相关性,还考虑了时间上的滞后性,是空间面板模型的发展,增强了模型的解释力。考虑一种带固定个体效应、因变量的时间滞后项、因变量与随机误差项均存在空间自相关性的空间动态面板回归模型,提出了在个体数n和时间数T都很大,且T相对地大于n的条件下空间动态面板模型中时间滞后效应存在性的LM和LR检验方法,其检验方法包括联合检验、一维及二维的边际和条件检验;推导出这些检验在零假设下的极限分布;其极限分布均服从卡方分布。通过模拟试验研究检验统计量的小样本性质,结果显示其具有优良的统计性质。     

ADF模式中漂移项和趋势项检验量分布与Bootstrap检验研究

在推导ADF检验模式下趋势项和漂移项伪t检验量极限分布基础上,提出修正的系数检验量。研究表明,它们与DF检验模式下检验量具有相同的极限分布;构造漂移项和趋势项检验的Bootstrap实现方法并证明了有效性。将蒙特卡洛模拟技术与临界值检验方法进行对比,结果表明Bootstrap方法能够明显降低检验的水平扭曲,在检验功效方面也有一定优势。模拟也显示临界值检验的局限性和Bootstrap方法的稳健性。     

Bootstrap methods for single structural change tests: power versus corrected size and empirical illustration

This paper assesses the performance of tests for a single structural change at unknown date when regressors are stationary, trending and when they have a break in mean. Size and power of the test procedures are compared in a simulation setup particularly aimed at autoregressive models using their limiting distribution and some bootstrap approximations. The comparisons are performed using graphical methods, namely P value discrepancy plots and size–power curves. The simulation study gives some interesting insights to the test procedures. Indeed, it documents that tests based on the conventional asymptotic distribution are oversized in small samples. The size correction is achieved by some bootstrap methods which appear to possess reasonable size properties. For the power study, the proposed bootstrap method improves on the asymptotic approximations of some tests for heteroskedastic regression errors especially when there is a mean-shift in the regressors. This result has not been found for the case of i.i.d. errors where the bootstrap tests have the same power properties as the tests based on the asymptotic approximations. We finally study the relationship between two monthly US interest rates. The results show that such relationship has been altered by a regime-shift located in May 1981.     

Specification Test for Spatial Autoregressive Models

This article considers a simple test for the correct specification of linear spatial autoregressive models, assuming that the choice of the weight matrix W_n is true. We derive the limiting distributions of the test under the null hypothesis of correct specification and a sequence of local alternatives. We show that the test is free of nuisance parameters asymptotically under the null and prove the consistency of our test. To improve the finite sample performance of our test, we also propose a residual-based wild bootstrap and justify its asymptotic validity. We conduct a small set of Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the finite sample properties of our tests. Finally, we apply the test to two empirical datasets: the vote cast and the economic growth rate. We reject the linear spatial autoregressive model in the vote cast example but fail to reject it in the economic growth rate example. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.     

Frequency Domain Tests of Semiparametric Hypotheses for Locally Stationary Processes

Abstract.  Many time series in applied sciences obey a time-varying spectral structure. In this article, we focus on locally stationary processes and develop tests of the hypothesis that the time-varying spectral density has a semiparametric structure, including the interesting case of a time-varying autoregressive moving-average (tvARMA) model. The test introduced is based on a L ₂ -distance measure of a kernel smoothed version of the local periodogram rescaled by the time-varying spectral density of the estimated semiparametric model. The asymptotic distribution of the test statistic under the null hypothesis is derived. As an interesting special case, we focus on the problem of testing for the presence of a tvAR model. A semiparametric bootstrap procedure to approximate more accurately the distribution of the test statistic under the null hypothesis is proposed. Some simulations illustrate the behaviour of our testing methodology in finite sample situations.     

Bootstrapping p Values and Power in the First-Order Autoregression: A Monte Carlo Investigation

The small-sample behavior of the bootstrap is investigated as a method for estimating p values and power in the stationary first-order autoregressive model. Monte Carlo methods are used to examine the bootstrap and Student-t approximations to the true distribution of the test statistic frequently used for testing hypotheses on the underlying slope parameter. In contrast to Student's t, the results suggest that the bootstrap can accurately estimate p values and power in this model in sample sizes as small as 5–10.     

On testing the number of components in finite mixture models with known relevant component distributions

The limiting distribution of the log-likelihood-ratio statistic for testing the number of components in finite mixture models can be very complex. We propose two alternative methods. One method is generalized from a locally most powerful test. The test statistic is asymptotically normal, but its asymptotic variance depends on the true null distribution. Another method is to use a bootstrap log-likelihood-ratio statistic which has a uniform limiting distribution in [0,1]. When tested against local alternatives, both methods have the same power asymptotically. Simulation results indicate that the asymptotic results become applicable when the sample size reaches 200 for the bootstrap log-likelihood-ratio test, but the generalized locally most powerful test needs larger sample sizes. In addition, the asymptotic variance of the locally most powerful test statistic must be estimated from the data. The bootstrap method avoids this problem, but needs more computational effort. The user may choose the bootstrap method and let the computer do the extra work, or choose the locally most powerful test and spend quite some time to derive the asymptotic variance for the given model.     

On improving the robustness and reliability of Rao's score test

The results of misspecification tests, based on Rao's score principle, are now routinely reported in applied econometric work. This paper draws together some important recent results which are designed to improve: (a) the robustness of standard score tests; and (b) the reliability of the asymptotic approximations used for inferential purposes. The discussion of robustness includes (i) parametric, (ii) distributional, and (iii) higher-order moment robustness. The issue of finite sample reliability focuses on controlling the size of the score test using (i) different variance estimators in conjunction with standard asymptotic theory, (ii) finite sample corrections obtainable from higher-order asymptotic analysis, and (iii) bootstrap procedures.     

Bootstrap-based inferential improvements in beta autoregressive moving average model

We consider the issue of performing accurate small sample inference in beta autoregressive moving average model, which is useful for modeling and forecasting continuous variables that assume values in the interval (0,?1). The inferences based on conditional maximum likelihood estimation have good asymptotic properties, but their performances in small samples may be poor. This way, we propose bootstrap bias corrections of the point estimators and different bootstrap strategies for confidence interval improvements. Our Monte Carlo simulations show that finite sample inference based on bootstrap corrections is much more reliable than the usual inferences. We also presented an empirical application.     

The Size and Power of Bootstrap and Bartlett-Corrected Tests of Hypotheses on the Cointegrating Vectors

In this paper we compare Bartlett-corrected, bootstrap, and fast double bootstrap tests on maximum likelihood estimates of cointegration parameters. The key result is that both the bootstrap and the Bartlett-corrected tests must be based on the unrestricted estimates of the cointegrating vectors: procedures based on the restricted estimates have almost no power. The small sample size bias of the asymptotic test appears so severe as to advise strongly against its use with the sample sizes commonly available; the fast double bootstrap test minimizes size bias, while the Bartlett-corrected test is somehow more powerful.     

Asymptotic properties of the bootstrap unit root test statistic under possibly infinite variance

ABSTRACT

In this article, the unit root test for the AR(1) model is discussed, under the condition that the innovations of the model are in the domain of attraction of the normal law with possibly infinite variances. By using residual bootstrap with sample size m < n (n being the size of the original sample), we bootstrap the least-squares estimator of the autoregressive parameter. Under some mild assumptions, we prove that the null distribution of the unit root test statistic based on the least-square estimator of the autoregressive parameter can be approximated by using residual bootstrap.     

Comments

In this paper we compare Bartlett-corrected, bootstrap, and fast double bootstrap tests on maximum likelihood estimates of cointegration parameters. The key result is that both the bootstrap and the Bartlett-corrected tests must be based on the unrestricted estimates of the cointegrating vectors: procedures based on the restricted estimates have almost no power. The small sample size bias of the asymptotic test appears so severe as to advise strongly against its use with the sample sizes commonly available; the fast double bootstrap test minimizes size bias, while the Bartlett-corrected test is somehow more powerful.