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Unit root test for autocorrelation

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 9:04 pm
by Lalan_dk
Hi, can we use unit root test of residual to detect autocorrelation in a time series model? Are stationarity of the residual means there is no autocorrelation?

Re: Unit root test for autocorrelation

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 11:14 am
by EViews Mirza
To determine if residuals are serially correlated, you must use tests designed to test for this specifically. The most famous of these tests is the Durbin-Watson, but you should probably use the LM tests proposed by White, Breusch-Pagan-Godfrey, Harvey, and so on.

Note that if you are testing for unit-roots in the residuals, what you are effectively testing is for cointegration between the variables used in the regression which generated the residuals in the first place.

Re: Unit root test for autocorrelation

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 2:08 am
by Lalan_dk
If there is cointegration between variables, is it means there is no autocorrelation in that model?

Re: Unit root test for autocorrelation

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 1:21 pm
by startz
No.