Detecting Periodically Collapsing Bubbles: A Markov-Switching Unit Root Test

Stephen George Hall (), Zacharias Psaradakis and Martin Sola ()

Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1999, vol. 14, issue 2, pages 143-54

Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of testing for the presence of a stochastic bubble in a time series in the case that the bubble is periodically collapsing so that the asset price keeps returning to the level implied by the market fundamentals. As this is essentially a problem of identifying the collapsing periods from the expanding ones, we propose using a generalization of the Dickey-Fuller test procedure which makes use of the class of Markov regime-switching models. The potential of the new methodology is illustrated via simulation, and an empirical example is given.

Date: 1999
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