Tests of the present-value model of the current account: a note

Hafedh Bouakez and Takashi Kano

Applied Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 16, issue 12, 1215-1219

Abstract: Using a Monte Carlo approach, we evaluate the small-sample properties of four different tests of the present-value model (PVM) of the current account: the nonlinear Wald, linear Wald, Lagrange multiplier and likelihood ratio tests. We find that the nonlinear Wald test is biased towards over-rejecting the cross-equation restrictions implied by the PVM, and that the test statistic is uncorrelated with the goodness of fit of the PVM. The three alternative tests are essentially equivalent and are more reliable in evaluating the PVM.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850701367288

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