Model Selection in Under-specified Equations Facing Breaks.

Although a general unrestricted model may under-specify the data generation process, especially when breaks occur, model selection can still improve over estimating a prior specification. Impulse-indicator saturation (IIS) can ‘correct’ non-constant intercepts induced by location shifts in omitted...

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Main Authors: Castle, J, Hendry, D
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Department of Economics (University of Oxford) 2010