Testing Hypotheses in an I(2) Model with Applications to the Persistent Long Swings in the Dmk/$ Rate



Table 4: An identified long-run structure in β
The structure : β = (H1^1,..., Hrφr) , y2(10) = 9.19[0.51]

pp

∙S12

p2

bɪ

b2

∙⅜1

t91.1

t

~lfΓ

0.01

0.01

0.00

1.00

1.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

[-23.49]

[23.49]

[≡]

[≡]

[≡]

[≡]

[≡]

[≡]

[5.60]

β2

0.00

0.00

0.09

0.00

1.00

0.00

1.00

0.00

0.00

[≡]

[6.32]

[10.25]

[≡]

[≡]

[≡]

[≡]

[4.36]

[≡]

β,3

0.01

0.00

1.00

0.00

0.00

0.74

0.00

0.00

0.00

[-5.51]

[^A]

[^A]

[-16.48]

[^A]

[-4.83]

[^A]

ʌ

0.92

0.15

0.03

0.03

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.00

0.01

δ2

0.51

0.17

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.03

0.02

0.00

0.00

δ3

1.31

0.07

0.04

0.04

0.05

0.06

0.05

0.00

0.00

β ±1,1

1.00

0.35

11.71

1.62

1.62

15.80

0.61

0.00

0.00

β ±1,2

2.86

1.00

33.51

4.67

4.69

45.23

1.80

0.01

0.01

9 Estimating the I(2) model subject to identifying
restrictions on the long-run structure

The decomposition τ = (β,β±1) defines three stationary polynomially cointegrating
relations,
β'ixt+δ'i∆xt, i = 1, 2, 3 and five stationary cointegration relations between the
differenced variables,
τ'xt. The difference between β'xt and β±1xt is that the latter
can only become stationary by differencing, whereas the former can become stationary
by polynomial cointegration. How to impose and test over-identifying restrictions on
β was discussed in Section 4, but not on β±1 or τ as their asymptotic distributions are
not yet worked out.

9.1 The estimated long-run structure

To obtain standard errors of the estimated β coefficients we need to impose identifying
restrictions on each of the polynomially cointegrating relations reported above. The
asymptotic distribution of an identified
β is given in Johansen (1997).

When interpreting the β relations below we shall only include the first two el-
ements of
δ'∆xt, corresponding to the inflation rate differentials and the deprecia-
tion∕appreciation rate, as they are likely to be more relevant than the other variables.

The first relation is approximately describing the relationship between long-term
interest rate spreads and
ppp which have been found in many other VAR models of
similar data:

β,1xt + δ'1∆xt = {(b1 0.92∆p1) (b2 0.92∆p2) + 0.15∆s12 0.01ppp + trend}. (22)

The second is a relation between the US term spread and US inflation relative to
German inflation. It can be interpreted as expected inflation, measured by the term
spread, as a function of actual inflation rates and the change in the Dιnk∕8 rate:

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