On the power and interpretation of panel unit root tests

On the power and interpretation of panel unit root tests

We demonstrate that panel unit root tests can have high power when a small fraction of the series is stationary and may lack power when a large fraction is stationary. The acceptance or rejection of the null is thus not sufficient evidence to conclude that all series have a unit root or that all are stationary.  2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.

On the interpretation of panel unit root tests

Applications of panel unit root tests have become commonplace in empirical economics, yet there are ambiguities as how best to interpret the test results. This note clarifies that rejection of the panel unit root hypothesis should be interpreted as evidence that a statistically significant proportion of the units are stationary. Accordingly, in the event of a rejection, and in applications wher...

the washback effect of discretepoint vs. integrative tests on the retention of content in knowledge tests

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Nonlinear IV Panel Unit Root Tests

This paper presents the nonlinear IV methodology as an effective inferential basis for nonstationary panels. The nonlinear IV method resolves the inferential difficulties in testing for unit roots arising from the intrinsic heterogeneities and cross-dependencies of panel models. Individual units are allowed to be dependent through correlations among innovations, interrelatedness of short-run dy...

INCIDENTAL TRENDS AND THE POWER OF PANEL UNIT ROOT TESTS By