A test for stationarity based on empirical processes

dc.contributor.authorDette, Holger
dc.contributor.authorPreuß, Philip
dc.contributor.authorVetter, Mathias
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-28T06:29:54Z
dc.date.available2011-09-28T06:29:54Z
dc.date.issued2011-09-28
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we investigate the problem of testing the assumption of stationarity in locally stationary processes. The test is based on an estimate of a Kolmogorov-Smirnov-type distance between the true time-varying spectral density and its best approximation through a stationary spectral density. Convergence of a time-varying empirical spectral process indexed by a class of certain functions is proved and furthermore the consistency of a bootstrap procedure is shown, which is used to approximate the limiting distribution of the test statistic. Compared to other methods proposed in the literature for the problem of testing for stationarity the new approach has at least two advantages. On the one hand the test can detect local alternatives converging to the null hypothesis at a rate 1/sqrt(T) (where T denotes the sample size). On the other hand the method only requires the specification of one regularization parameter. The finite sample properties of the method are investigated by means of a simulation study and a comparison with two other tests is provided which have been proposed in the literature for testing stationarity.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2003/29119
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-3031
dc.language.isoende
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion Paper / SFB 823;36/2011
dc.subjectspectral densityen
dc.subjectbootstrapen
dc.subjectlocally stationary processen
dc.subjectintegrated periodogramen
dc.subjectempirical spectral measureen
dc.subjectgoodness-of-fit testsen
dc.subjectnon-stationary processesen
dc.subject.ddc310
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.ddc620
dc.titleA test for stationarity based on empirical processesen
dc.typeTextde
dc.type.publicationtypeworkingPaperde
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