Journal of Applied Mathematics
Volume 2 (2002), Issue 5, Pages 233-240
doi:10.1155/S1110757X02107029

Unit root testing in the presence of innovation variance breaks: a simple solution with increased power

Steven Cook

Department of Economics, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK

Received 30 July 2001; Revised 5 March 2002

Copyright © 2002 Steven Cook. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

The Dickey-Fuller unit root test is known to suffer severe oversizing in the presence of innovation variance breaks. In this paper, forward and reverse Dickey-Fuller regressions are proposed as a means of correcting this size distortion. The results of Monte Carlo experimentation show such an approach to result in both satisfactory size properties and increased power relative to previously suggested solutions.