Using Covariates to Improve the Efficacy of Univariate Bubble Detection Methods
Journal article
Astill, S., Taylor, A. M. R., Kellard, N. and Korkos, I. (2022). Using Covariates to Improve the Efficacy of Univariate Bubble Detection Methods. Journal of Empirical Finance. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2022.12.008
Authors | Astill, S., Taylor, A. M. R., Kellard, N. and Korkos, I. |
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Abstract | We explore how information additional to a specific price series can be used to improve the power of popular univariate autoregressive-based methods for detecting and dating speculative price bubble episodes. Following Phillips, Wu and Yu (2011) and Phillips, Shi and Yu (2015) we base our approach on sequences of sub-sample regression-based augmented Dickey-Fuller [ADF] statistics. Our point of departure from these extant procedures is to allow for additional information in the testing and dating procedures. To do so we follow the approach of Hansen (1995) and augment the sub-sample ADF regressions with covariate regressors. The limiting null distributions of the resulting statistics depend on the long-run squared correlation between the covariates and the regression error. We show that this dependence can be accounted for by using a residual bootstrap re-sampling method. Simulation evidence shows that including relevant covariates can significantly improve the efficacy of both the resulting bubble detection tests and the associated date-stamping procedure, relative to using standard sub-sample ADF statistics. An empirical application of the proposed methodology to monthly S&P 500 data is considered, using a variety of candidate covariates. Using these covariates, the onset of the dotcom bubble and the bubble associated with Black Monday are both identified significantly earlier than when using standard methods. |
Keywords | Rational bubbles, explosive behaviour, covariates, sub-sample unit root statistics, i.i.d. residual bootstrap |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Journal of Empirical Finance |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN | 1879-1727 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2022.12.008 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927539822001141 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 23 Dec 2022 |
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Accepted | 15 Dec 2022 |
Deposited | 04 Jan 2023 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/92xv3
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