Efficient Estimation of Autoregression Parameters and Innovation Distributions forSemiparametric Integer-Valued AR(p) Models (Revision of DP 2007-23)

Feike C. Drost (), Ramon van den Akker () and B.J.M. Werker
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B.J.M. Werker: Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research

No 2008-53, Discussion Paper from Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research

Abstract: Integer-valued autoregressive (INAR) processes have been introduced to model nonnegative integer-valued phenomena that evolve over time. The distribution of an INAR(p) process is essentially described by two parameters: a vector of autoregression coefficients and a probability distribution on the nonnegative integers, called an immigration or innovation distribution. Traditionally, parametric models are considered where the innovation distribution is assumed to belong to a parametric family. This paper instead considers a more realistic semiparametric INAR(p) model where there are essentially no restrictions on the innovation distribution. We provide an (semiparametrically) efficient estimator of both the autoregression parameters and the innovation distribution.

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Date: 2008
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