Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik
Société suisse d'économie et de statistique
Società svizzera di economia e di statistica
Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics

Published Papers 2009


Paper 2009-I-2

"Biased Estimation in a Simple Extension of a Standard Error Correction Model"

Christian Müller-Kademann

Abstract:
This paper considers an expectations augmented version of the Engle and Granger (1987) error correction model and shows that standard inference about the adjustment coefficients can be severely biased. This has implications for long–run causality and impulse–response analysis in particular. However, a sometimes simple remedy exists which only requires some additional regressions. The results are illustrated using U.S., German and Swiss data.

Pages: 37-60

JEL classification: C51, E37, E47, C32

Keywords: policy analysis, forecasting, rational expectations, error correction

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