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May, 1981 Estimation of the Parameters of Stochastic Difference Equations
Wayne A. Fuller, David P. Hasza, J. Jeffery Goebel
Ann. Statist. 9(3): 531-543 (May, 1981). DOI: 10.1214/aos/1176345457

Abstract

Let $Y_t$ satisfy the stochastic difference equation $Y_t = \sum^q_{i=1} \psi_{ti} \alpha_i + \sum^p_{j=1} \gamma_j Y_{t-j} + e_t,$ where the $\{\psi_{ti}\}$ are fixed sequences and (or) weakly stationary time series and the $e_t$ are independent random variables, each with mean zero and variance $\sigma^2$. The form of the limiting distributions of the least squares estimators of $\alpha_i$ and $\gamma_j$ depend upon the absolute value of the largest root of the characteristic equation, $m^p - \sum^p_{j=1} \gamma_jm^{p-j} = 0$. Limiting distributions of the least squares estimators are established for the situations where the largest root is less than one, equal to one, and greater than one in absolute value. In all three situations the regression $t$-type statistic is of order one in probability under mild assumptions. Conditions are given under which the limiting distribution of the $t$-type statistic is standard normal.

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Wayne A. Fuller. David P. Hasza. J. Jeffery Goebel. "Estimation of the Parameters of Stochastic Difference Equations." Ann. Statist. 9 (3) 531 - 543, May, 1981. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176345457

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Published: May, 1981
First available in Project Euclid: 12 April 2007

zbMATH: 0499.62082
MathSciNet: MR615429
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aos/1176345457

Subjects:
Primary: 62M10
Secondary: 62J05

Keywords: autoregressive process , regression for time series , stochastic difference equation , time series

Rights: Copyright © 1981 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.9 • No. 3 • May, 1981
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