Spurious Seasonality Detection: A Non-Parametric Test Proposal

This paper offers a general and comprehensive definition of the day-of-the-week effect. Using symbolic dynamics, we develop a unique test based on ordinal patterns in order to detect it. This test uncovers the fact that the so-called “day-of-the-week” effect is partly an artifact of the hidden corre...

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Main Authors: Aurelio F. Bariviera, Angelo Plastino, George Judge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Econometrics
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2225-1146/6/1/3