COMPLEX UNIT ROOTS AND BUSINESS CYCLES: ARE THEY REAL?

Herman J. Bierens

Econometric Theory, 2001, vol. 17, issue 05, pages 962-983

Abstract: In this paper the asymptotic properties of ARMA processes with complex-conjugate unit roots in the AR lag polynomial are studied. These processes behave quite differently from regular unit root processes (with a single root equal to one). In particular, the asymptotic properties of a standardized version of the periodogram for such processes are analyzed, and a nonparametric test of the complex unit root hypothesis against the stationarity hypothesis is derived. This test is applied to the annual change of the monthly number of unemployed in the United States to see whether this time series has complex unit roots in the business cycle frequencies.

Date: 2001
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