Identification and Estimation issues in Exponential Smooth Transition Autoregressive Models

Daniel Buncic

No 344, Working Paper Series from Sveriges Riksbank (Central Bank of Sweden)

Abstract: Exponential smooth transition autoregressive (ESTAR) models are widely used in the international finance literature, particularly for the modelling of real exchange rates. We show that the exponential function is ill-suited as a regime weighting function because of two undesirable properties. Firstly, it can be well approximated by a quadratic function in the threshold variable whenever the transition function parameter , which governs the shape of the function, is ‘small’. This leads to an identification problem with respect to the transition function parameter and the slope vector, as both enter as a product into the conditional mean of the model. Secondly, the exponential regime weighting function can behave like an indicator function (or dummy variable) for very large values of the transition function parameter . This has the effect of ‘spuriously overfitting’ a small number of observations around the location parameter µ. We show that both of these effects lead to estimation problems in ESTAR models. We illustrate this by means of an empirical replication of a widely cited study, as well as a simulation exercise.

Keywords: Exponential STAR; non-linear time series models; identification and estimation issues; exponential weighting function; real exchange rates; simulation analysis. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 C15 C50 F30 F44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 pages
Date: 2017-10-01
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Journal Article: Identification and Estimation Issues in Exponential Smooth Transition Autoregressive Models (2019)
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