Applied Time Series Modelling and Forecasting
by Richard Harris, Robert Sollis, (2003)

Publisher: John Wiley
ISBN: 0-470-84443-4
Pages: 312 pages
Price: £32.99 +p&p

Contents

Table of Contents
Book Order Form

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Introduction and Overview

Some Initial Concepts
Forecasting
Outline of the Book

2. Short- and Long-run Models

Long-run Models
Stationary and Non-stationary Time Series
Spurious Regressions
Cointegration
Short-run Models
Conclusion

3. Testing for Unit Roots

The Dickey–Fuller Test
Augmented Dickey–Fuller Test
Power and Level of Unit Root Tests
Structural Breaks and Unit Root Tests
Seasonal Unit Roots
Structural Breaks and Seasonal Unit Root Tests
Periodic Integration and Unit Root-testing
Conclusion on Unit Root Tests

4. Cointegration in Single Equations

The Engle-Granger (EG) Approach
Testing for Cointegration with a Structural Break
Alternative Approaches
Problems with the Single Equation Approach
Estimating the Short-run Dynamic Model
Seasonal Cointegration
Periodic Cointegration
Asymmetric Tests for Cointegration
Conclusions

5. Cointegration in Multivariate Systems

The Johansen Approach
Testing the Order of Integration of the Variables
Formulation of the Dynamic Model
Testing for Reduced Rank
Deterministic Components in the Multivariate Model
Testing of Weak Exogeneity and VECM with Exogenous I (l) Variables
Testing for Linear Hypotheses on Cointegration Relations
Testing for Unique Cointegration Vectors
Joint Tests of Restrictions on α and β Seasonal Unit Roots
Seasonal Cointegration
Conclusions
Appendix 1: Programming in SHAZAM

6. Modelling the Short-run Multivariate System

Introduction
Estimating the Long-run Cointegration Relationships
Parsimonious VECM
Conditional PVECM
Structural Modelling
Structural Macroeconomic Modelling

7. Panel Data Models and Cointegration

Introduction
Panel Data and Modelling Techniques
Panel Unit Root Tests
Testing for Cointegration in Panels
Estimating Panel Cointegration Models
Conclusion on Testing for Unit Roots and Cointegration in Panel Data

8. Modelling and Forecasting Financial Times Series

Introduction
ARCH and GARCH
Multivariate GARCH
Estimation and Testing
An Empirical Application of ARCH and GARCH Models
ARCH-M
Asymmetric GARCH Models
Integrated and Fractionally Integrated GARCH Models
Conditional Heteroscedasticity, Unit Roots and Cointegration
Forecasting with GARCH Models
Further Methods for Forecast Evaluation
Conclusions on Modelling and Forecasting Financial Time Series

Appendix: Cointegration Analysis Using the Johansen Technique: A Practitioner's Guide to PcGive 10.1

Statistical Appendix

References

Index