Testing for Cointegration Using the Johansen Methodology when Variables are Near-Integrated

Download or read book Testing for Cointegration Using the Johansen Methodology when Variables are Near-Integrated written by Erik Hjalmarsson and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We investigate the properties of Johansen's (1988, 1991) maximum eigenvalue and trace tests for cointegration under the empirically relevant situation of near-integrated variables. Using Monte Carlo techniques, we show that in a system with near-integrated variables, the probability of reaching an erroneous conclusion regarding the cointegrating rank of the system is generally substantially higher than the nominal size. The risk of concluding that completely unrelated series are cointegrated is therefore non-negligible. The spurious rejection rate can be reduced by performing additional tests of restrictions on the cointegrating vector(s), although it is still substantially larger than the nominal size.