Interval Estimation for a First†Order Positive Autoregressive Process

Wei†Cheng Hsiao, Hao†Yun Huang and Ching†Kang Ing

Journal of Time Series Analysis, 2018, vol. 39, issue 3, 447-467

Abstract: We are interested in constructing confidence intervals for the autoregressive (AR) coefficient of a first†order AR model with i.i.d. positive errors via an extreme value estimate (EVE). We assume that the error distribution has a density function fε(x) behaving like b1,0xα0−1 as x→0, where b1,0 and α0 are unknown positive constants. These specifications imply that the EVE has a limiting distribution depending on b1,0 and α0 from which only an infeasible interval estimate can be obtained. To alleviate this difficulty, we introduce a novel procedure to estimate these two constants and establish the desired consistency. This consistency result enables us not only to gain a better understanding of the underlying error distribution, but also to construct a feasible, asymptotically valid confidence interval of the AR coefficient, without resorting to a bootstrap procedure described in Datta and McCormick (1995). The performance of the proposed interval estimate is further illustrated through simulation studies and real data analysis.

Date: 2018
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