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Stationary or Non-stationary

Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 10:33 am
by joannetan92
By using this estimation dy=d(y,0,4)
How can I check wether the result at level is non-stationary and at 1st difference is stationary?

I am new in using EViews. :cry:

Re: Stationary or Non-stationary

Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 10:45 am
by EViews Gareth
Let's clear up some terminology first.

What do you mean by "estimation". There is no estimation there. You're just creating (presumably) a series that is equal to the 4 period difference in the other series.

If that's what you are doing, you can just do a unit root test, or whatever other test you would use for stationarity, on that new series.

Re: Stationary or Non-stationary

Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 9:28 pm
by joannetan92
ok.

Re: Stationary or Non-stationary

Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 9:44 pm
by EViews Gareth
You're still not making sense, unfortunately.

Re: Stationary or Non-stationary

Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 6:58 pm
by Sanjay
Hello : Should one always difference before log transforming variables for stationarity? My >5000 obs dataset of stock index variables are non-stationary but show stationarity when logged to obtain return variables. Do I still need to difference?

Thanks for suggestions.