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

By Pär Österholm, Erik Hjalmarsson

June 1, 2007

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Pär Österholm, and Erik Hjalmarsson. Testing for Cointegration Using the Johansen Methodology when Variables are Near-Integrated, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed November 4, 2024
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Summary

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.

Subject: Inflation, Real exchange rates, Vector autoregression, Vector error correction models

Keywords: Integrating vector, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    19

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2007/141

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2007141

  • ISBN:

    9781451867053

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941