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ANALYSIS OF COEXPLOSIVE PROCESSES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2009

Bent Nielsen
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Abstract

A vector autoregressive model allowing for unit roots as well as an explosive characteristic root is developed. The Granger-Johansen representation shows that this results in processes with two common features: a random walk and an explosively growing process. Cointegrating and coexplosive vectors can be found that eliminate these common factors. The likelihood ratio test for a simple hypothesis on the coexplosive vectors is analyzed. The method is illustrated using data from the extreme Yugoslavian hyperinflation of the 1990s.

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Research Article
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Econometric Theory , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 2010 , pp. 882 - 915
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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Footnotes

I am grateful to Søren Johansen, who read an earlier version of this paper very carefully and presented it at the Conference on Common Features in Rio de Janeiro in July 2002. I have also benefited from discussions with Martin Wagner and insightful comments from the referees. Computations were done using PcGive (Doornik and Hendry, 2001). Financial support from ESRC grant RES-000-27-0179 is gratefully acknowledged.

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