In this article we introduce efficient Wald tests for testing the null hypothesis of the unit root against the alternative of the fractional unit root. In a local alternative framework, the proposed tests are locally asymptotically equivalent to the optimal Robinson Lagrange multiplier tests....

This article considers consistent testing the null hypothesis that the conditional mean of an economic time series is linear in past values. Two specific tests are discussed, the Cramer-von Mises and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests. The particular feature of the proposed tests is that the bootstrap...

There is frequently interest in testing that a scalar or vector time series is I(0), possibly after first-differencing or other detrending, while the I(0) assumption is also taken for granted in autocorrelation-consistent variance estimation. The authors propose a test for I(0) against...

This article examines consistent estimation of the long-memory parameters of stock-market trading volume and volatility. The analysis is carried out in the frequency domain by tapering the data instead of detrending them. The main theoretical contribution of the article is to prove a central...

This article investigates the finite-sample performance of a modified Box-Pierce Q statistic (Q*) for testing that financial time series are uncorrelated without assuming statistical independence. The finite-sample rejection probabilities of the Q* test under the null and its power are examined...

This paper considers a first-order autoregressive model which may include an intercept and trend where the innovations are independently and identically distributed. The innovation distribution is assumed unknown. The autoregressive parameter is tested using the conventional t statistic. The...