FINITE SAMPLE EFFECTS OF PURE SEASONAL MEAN SHIFTS ON DICKEY-FULLER TESTS: A SIMULATION STUDY

Artur C. B. da Silva Lopes ()

Manchester School, 2008, vol. 76, issue 5, pages 528-538

Abstract: In this paper, it is demonstrated by simulation that, contrary to a widely held belief, pure seasonal mean shifts-i.e. seasonal structural breaks which affect only the seasonal cycle-really do matter for Dickey-Fuller long-run unit root tests. Both size and power properties are affected by such breaks but using the t-sig method for lag selection induces a stabilizing effect. Although most results are reassuring when the t-sig method is used, some concern with this type of breaks cannot be disregarded. Further evidence on the poor performance of the t-sig method for quarterly time series in standard (no-break) cases is also presented. Copyright © 2008 The Author. Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and The University of Manchester.

Date: 2008

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