Title: Testing for changing persistence in US treasury on/off spreads under weighted-symmetric estimation
Authors: Smith, L Vanessa
Tambakis, Demosthenes N
Keywords: persistence
unit root test
breakpoint
Monte Carlo simulation
Issue Date: 2010
Publisher: CFAP, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Citation: JEL classifications: C15, C22
Series/Report no.: CFAP Working Paper
11
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.
URI: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/225205
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