C2 - Single Equation Models; Single Variables

• Avoiding the Pitfalls: Can Regime-Switching Tests Detect Bubbles?

  Staff Working Paper 1996-11 Simon van Norden, Robert Vigfusson

  Work on testing for bubbles has caused much debate, much of which has focussed on methodology. Monte Carlo simulations reported in Evans (1991) showed that standard tests for unit roots and cointegration frequently reject the presence of bubbles even when such bubbles are present by construction. Evans referred to this problem as the pitfall of testing for bubbles.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Econometric and statistical methods JEL Code(s): C, C2, C22, C5, C52