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Granger/Wald Causality vs Pairwise Causality

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 10:48 pm
by mickeykozzi
]Hello all

I am currently working with a VECM model.
I am exploring Granger/Wald Causality and Pairwise Causality, however, there is some confusion.

If you look at picture 1, the Granger/Wald Causality test, you can see 4 variables have a significant p-value, meaning those variables have short-run casualty with the dependant variable. Also, jointly they share short-run causality with the dependant variable.

If you look at picture 2, the Pairwise Causality test, only one variable has one-way causality.

Residual and CUSUM tests are ok.

Questions:

1) Why do the Granger/Wald Causality test and Pairwise Causality show different results?
2) What are the problems with having different results?
3) Are these results ok to report?

Thank you
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Re: Granger/Wald Causality vs Pairwise Causality

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 1:20 am
by EnjoFaes
If your sample size is large enough for johansen co-integration test, because it has asymptotic properties and are not right for small samples. And I am not an expert, so don’t precisely know what the required sample size for vecm is.

I would use the results from the vecm? Because pairwise granger causality only looks at pairs? While vecm is estimated in a system, thereby the coefficients are significant or not significant in contrast to granger causality.

Re: Granger/Wald Causality vs Pairwise Causality

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:19 am
by mickeykozzi
Hello
I have annual series of 38 observations for my VECM.

So you wouldnt use the pairwise?

My confusion is why they show different results.
i guess they are different tests?

cheers