A model selection test for non-nested misspecified diffusion models is developed by using a criterion based on the Kullback-Leibler information criterion in a new asymptotic framework that accounts for the relative significance of diffusion functions for high frequency data. The test examines...

This thesis consists of two parts. The first part contributes statistical methodology for nonnegative integer-valued time series. The second part of this thesis consists of two chapters. One chapter is concerned with the development of efficient estimators of the marginal distribution functions...

Macroeconomists have long been concerned with the causal effects of monetary policy. When the identification of causal effects is based on a selection-on-observables assumption, non-causality amounts to the conditional independence of outcomes and policy changes. This paper develops a...

A unifying framework for inference is developed in predictive regressions where the predictor has unknown integration properties and may be stationary or nonstationary. Two easily implemented nonparametric F-tests are proposed. The test statistics are related to those of Kasparis and Phillips...

This paper provides new evidence on the effect of debt on economic growth through two alternative methodological approaches. On the one hand, by using a panel error correction model with a sample of 130 countries between 1980 and 2020, we found evidence of the existence of a range of debt-to-GDP...