This article analyses the long memory properties of quarterly real output per capita in the US (1948Q1–2008Q3) using non-parametric, semi-parametric and parametric techniques. The results vary substantially depending on the methodology employed. Evidence of mean reversion is obtained in a...

This paper examines several US monthly financial time series using fractional integration and cointegration techniques. The univariate analysis based on fractional integration aims to determine whether the series are I(1) (in which case markets might be efficient) or alternatively I(d) with <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$d...</equationsource></inlineequation>