Dezhbakhsh, Hashem; Levy, Daniel C. - 2022 - Last revision: February 9, 2022
due to linear interpolation used to generate missing prewar data. Monte Carlo simulations that support this view generate … large standard-errors, making such inference imprecise. We assess analytically the effect of linear interpolation on a … greater shock-persistence than a pure random walk. Moreover, linear interpolation makes the series periodically nonstationary …