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...

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...

The exact distribution of the regression t statistic for testing the value of the AR parameter in a Gaussian first ord er autoregressive model is investigated by Monte Carlo methods. The S tudent's t distribution is not a satisfactory approximation for sampl es typical in economic applications....

The authors test for the presence of long memory in daily stock returns and their squares using a robust semiparametric procedure of I. Lobato and P. M. Robinson (1997). Spurious results can be produced by nonstationarity and aggregation. The authors address these problems by analyzing...