ARMA and explosive process

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maxchen
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ARMA and explosive process

Postby maxchen » Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:36 pm

EV 9 32bit build 2016-06-29

for an explosive process, EV9 seems not able to find the true coefficient.

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!T = 200   '400 will more explosive
wfcreate u !T
rndseed(type=mt) 12347
genr e = 0.6*nrnd
genr u = 0
genr u2 = 0
genr u3 = 0
smpl @first+1 @last
u = 0.4*u(-1)+e         'U(1)=0, starting from unconditional mean
u2 = 1.04*u2(-1) +e   'explosive
u3 = 1.04*u3(-1) -e   'explosive, u3 = -u2 !
equation eq01.ls u ar(1)
if @vernum>=9 then
   equation eq02.ls(arma=cls) u2 ar(1)   'produce EV8 results in EV9; discard arma=cls in EV8
else
   equation eq02.ls u2 ar(1)
endif
equation eq029.ls u2 ar(1)      'ml, ar1<1
equation eq029o.ls(optmethod=opg) u2 ar(1)

show eq02
show eq029
if @vernum>=9 then
   show eq02.resids
   show eq029.resids
endif


you will see that EV9 use ML to estimate ARMA model, from eq029.resids, the residuals are not normal.
My question: does EV9 restrict the AR(1) coef to <=1 in estimation?

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Re: ARMA and explosive process

Postby EViews Gareth » Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:37 pm

No
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maxchen
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Re: ARMA and explosive process

Postby maxchen » Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:01 pm

for this data set, NLS seems better than ML

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c(1) = 1.04
c(2) = 0.6
equation eq02u.ls(armastart=user,showopts) u2 ar(1)

even given the true value as starting value, eq02u estimates the same values as eq029

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Re: ARMA and explosive process

Postby EViews Gareth » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:32 pm

You should use nls on it then
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