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Testing for changing persistence in US Treasury on/off spreads under weighted-symmetric estimation


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Working Paper

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Smith, LV 
Tambakis, DN 

Abstract

We extend the recursive break test procedure of Leybourn et al. by using weighted-symmetric estimation to detect a single change in time series persistence. An application to U.S. Treasury bond on/off spreads finds a significant change in persistence from I(0) to I(1) in the late 1990s.

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Keywords

persistence, unit root test, break point, Monte Carlo simulation, US Treasury bonds, liquidity, UNIT-ROOT TESTS, TIME-SERIES, CONDITIONAL HETEROSKEDASTICITY, MONETARY-POLICY, LIQUIDITY RISK, STOCK RETURNS, MODELS, MARKET

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Informa UK Limited