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Specification Testing of Markov Switching Models*
Robert Breunig, Serinah Najarian and Adrian Pagan†§
  Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 0200 (e-mail: robert.breunig@anu.edu.au; adrian.pagan@anu.edu.au)
  Economics Department, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom OX1 3UQ (e-mail: serinah.najarian@economics.ox.ac.uk)
  §School of Economics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Copyright 2003 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
KEYWORDS
C12 • C14 • C22 • C52

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Abstract
          I. Introduction
          II. Testing methods
          III. A study of GDP growth rates
          IV. Study of stock returns
          V. ConclusionReferences

This paper proposes a set of formal tests to address the goodness-of-fit of Markov switching models. These formal tests are constructed as tests of model consistency and of both parametric and non-parametric encompassing. The formal tests are then combined with informal tests using simulation in combination with non-parametric density and conditional mean estimation. The informal tests are shown to be useful in shedding light on the failure (or success) of the encompassing tests. Several examples are provided.


Final Manuscript Received: October 2003

DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI)
10.1046/j.0305-9049.2003.00093.x About DOI

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