Estimation for Autoregressive Time Series with a Root Near 1

Anindya Roy and Wayne A Fuller

Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2001, vol. 19, issue 4, 482-93

Abstract: Estimators for the parameters of autoregressive time series are compared, emphasizing processes with a unit root or a root close to 1. The approximate bias of the sum of the autoregressive coefficients is expressed as a function of the test for a unit root. This expression is used to construct an estimator that is nearly unbiased for the parameter of the first-order scalar process. The estimator for the first-order process has a mean squared error that is about 40% of that of ordinary least squares for the process with a unit root and a constant mean, and the mean squared error is smaller than that of ordinary least squares for about half of the parameter space. The maximum loss of efficiency is 6n[superscript -1] in the remainder of the parameter space. The estimation procedure is extended to higher-order processes by modifying the estimator of the sum of the autoregressive coefficients. Limiting results are derived for the autoregressive process with a mean that is a linear trend.

Date: 2001
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