A test for stationarity in the presence of a structural break is proposed. An unknown break point is endogenously determined at the value minimizing the test statistic. The break point can be estimated reasonably well under the null hypothesis of stationarity, especially when the magnitude of...

The performance of the Phillips and Perron unit root tests is examined using the optimal bandwidth selection procedure of Andrews and the pre-whitening procedure of Andrews and Monahan. It has been shown that they do not make significant improvements over the tests using fixed truncation lags.

It is puzzling that previous studies have found causality only in one direction from sales to advertising, but not the reverse. Employing the sequential causality tests of Toda Phillips (1993), the casual relationship between advertising and sales appears to run in both directions. This finding...

The finite sample performance is investigated for two versions of the Lagrange multiplier (LM) unit root tests. It is found that the correct size of the augmented tests is obtained at the expense of the power, while the reasonable power of the transformed tests reflects the size distortions...

This article uses data on real per capita incomes from 1900 to 2001 to test for stochastic convergence in a diverse group of 29 countries. We utilize LM unit root tests to endogenously determine the number and location of structural breaks for each country. These tests avoid spurious rejections...

Using survey data of market expectations, we describe which popular exchange rate models appear to be consistent with expectation formation of market forecasters. Exchange rate expectations are found to be correlated with inflation differentials and productivity differentials, indicating that...

General equilibrium models in which compensation for local amenities occurs in both housing and labour markets have been widely used to generate implicit amenity prices and regional quality of life indices. An implication and prospective test of such models is that individuals who are outside...

This paper employs a sample selection model to analyse the effects of a location's tax climate on manufacturing activity from 1974-1994. Results reveal the 'tax effect' varies substantially across industry and is significant in half of the industries analysed-chemical and allieds and food and...