<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We show that, in practice, the standard unit root tests, cointegration tests, and similar tests are unreliable. This conclusion is more generally applicable to other related regression-based tests. In particular, these tests attempt to solve a problem by creating another problem.</p></abstract>

We show that, in practice, the standard unit root tests, cointegration tests, and similar tests are unreliable. This conclusion is more generally applicable to other related regression-based tests. In particular, these tests attempt to solve a problem by creating another problem.

A note on the irrelevance of unit root tests and cointegration tests

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We show that, in practice, the standard unit root tests, cointegration tests, and similar tests are unreliable. This conclusion is more generally applicable to...

A note on the irrelevance of unit root tests and cointegration tests

Published Online: Jun 12, 2020

Page range: 85 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2020-0007

Keywords
unit root test, Dicky–Fuller test, ADF test, cointegration test, non-stationarity

© 2020 Moawia Alghalith, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A note on the irrelevance of unit root tests and cointegration tests

Published Online: Jun 12, 2020

Page range: 85 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bile-2020-0007

Keywordsunit root test, Dicky–Fuller test, ADF test, cointegration test, non-stationarity

© 2020 Moawia Alghalith, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
unit root test, Dicky–Fuller test, ADF test, cointegration test, non-stationarity