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Economics 310. Lecture 15 Autocorrelation. Autocorrelation. Correlation between members of series of observations order in time or space. For our classic model, we have E( i j )0 for i j. Some times use the term serial correlation for autocorrelation. Autocorrelation Model. Rho = 0.9.
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Economics 310 Lecture 15 Autocorrelation
Autocorrelation • Correlation between members of series of observations order in time or space. • For our classic model, we have E(ij)0 for i j. • Some times use the term serial correlation for autocorrelation.
Causes of Autocorrelation • Inertia • Specification bias: excluded variables case • Specification bias: incorrect functional form • Cobweb Phenomenon • Lags • Manipulation of data • interpolation • extrapolation
OLS Estimation Disregarding Autocorrelation • The residual variance is likely to underestimate the true variance. • R2 is likely to be overestimated. • Estimate of variance of b2 is likely to underestimate the true variance of b2. • t and F tests are no longer valid.
Methods of Detecting Autocorrelation • Graphic Method • Runs Test • Durbin-Watson d test • Breusch-Godfrey test of higher-order autocorrelation
Durbin-Watson d Test Assumptions • Regression model includes an intercept • The explanatory variables, the X’s are nonstochastic. • The disturbances are generated by a AR(1) process. • Model includes no lagged values of dependent variable. • There are no missing observations.
Distribution Durbin-Watson Statistic d dL dU 2 4 0
Decision RegionsDurbin-Watson d H0: no positive autocorrelation H0*: no negative autocorrelaton Reject H0 Evidence of positive auto-correlation Zone of indecision Zone of indecision Reject H0* Evidence of negative auto-correlation Do not reject H0 or H0* or both. d 0 dL dU 4- du 4- dL 4 2
Bid-Ask Spread an Example • The spread between the bid price for US currency and the ask price for US currency in the Brazilian blackmarket is function of opportunity cost of holding currency and the risk of holding currency. • Opportunity cost is interest rate • risk is the rate of variability in exchange rate
Example Durbin-Watson |_Ols spread interest sigma / dw resid=e DURBIN-WATSON STATISTIC = 1.51549 DURBIN-WATSON P-VALUE = 0.019933 R-SQUARE = 0.6124 R-SQUARE ADJUSTED = 0.5983 VARIANCE OF THE ESTIMATE-SIGMA**2 = 0.57694 STANDARD ERROR OF THE ESTIMATE-SIGMA = 0.75956 SUM OF SQUARED ERRORS-SSE= 31.732 MEAN OF DEPENDENT VARIABLE = 3.4959 LOG OF THE LIKELIHOOD FUNCTION = -64.8077 VARIABLE ESTIMATED STANDARD T-RATIO PARTIAL STANDARDIZED ELASTICITY NAME COEFFICIENT ERROR 55 DF P-VALUE CORR. COEFFICIENT AT MEANS INTEREST 0.19908 0.4677E-01 4.256 0.000 0.498 0.4563 0.3327 SIGMA 0.39287 0.1021 3.847 0.000 0.460 0.4124 0.2798 CONSTANT 1.3547 0.2507 5.404 0.000 0.589 0.0000 0.3875