Toward a unified approach to testing for weak separability

Barry Edward Jones (), Thomas Elger (), David Edgerton () and Donald Dutkowsky ()

Economics Bulletin, 2005, vol. 3, issue 20, pages 1-7

Abstract: In this paper we propose a unified framework for testing weak separability. We present a new three-step procedure, which is a joint test of necessary and sufficient conditions that takes account of possible measurement error and incomplete adjustment. We illustrate the operational capability of the procedure with an empirical example. Our procedure works well in medium sized samples, but at the present time may not be practical for datasets with extremely large sample sizes. As computing technology continues to advance, however, high-powered methods like the one we propose should supplant testing approaches that were originally designed to circumvent computational limitations.

Keywords: incomplete adjustment; measurement error; Weak separability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 D1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-05-01

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