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In this article, we investigate the behaviour of stationarity tests proposed by Müller [Journal of Econometrics (2005) Vol. 128, pp. 195-213] and Harris et al. [Econometric Theory (2007) Vol. 23, pp. 355-363] with uncertainty over the trend and/or initial condition. As different tests are efficient for different magnitudes of local trend and initial condition, following Harvey et al. [Journal of Econometrics (2012) Vol. 169, pp. 188-195], we propose decision rule based on the rejection of null hypothesis for multiple tests. Additionally, we propose a modification of this decision rule, relying on additional information about the magnitudes of the local trend and/or the initial condition that is obtained through pre-testing. The resulting modification has satisfactory size properties under both uncertainty types.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)254-273
Number of pages20
JournalOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Volume77
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2015
Externally publishedYes

    Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

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