Monte carlo sampling approach to testing nonnested hypothesis: monte carlo results

N. Coulibaly and B Brorsen

Econometric Reviews, 1999, vol. 18, issue 2, 195-209

Abstract: Alternative ways of using Monte Carlo methods to implement a Cox-type test for separate families of hypotheses are considered. Monte Carlo experiments are designed to compare the finite sample performances of Pesaran and Pesaran's test, a RESET test, and two Monte Carlo hypothesis test procedures. One of the Monte Carlo tests is based on the distribution of the log-likelihood ratio and the other is based on an asymptotically pivotal statistic. The Monte Carlo results provide strong evidence that the size of the Pesaran and Pesaran test is generally incorrect, except for very large sample sizes. The RESET test has lower power than the other tests. The two Monte Carlo tests perform equally well for all sample sizes and are both clearly preferred to the Pesaran and Pesaran test, even in large samples. Since the Monte Carlo test based on the log-likelihood ratio is the simplest to calculate, we recommend using it.

Keywords: Cox test; Monte Carlo test; Nonnested hypotheses; JEL Classification:C12; C15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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