Predictability of market interest rates. Panel data approach
The monetary authorities of the United States of America. The Federal Reserve System, market committee. The monetary policy: aims, interest rates dynamics. Statistical analysis of the dissent. Data collected, methodology. Numbers of dissents by 1957-2013.
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0,0885
0,0054
0,000
DissV
0,2344
0,0482
0,0118
DissV2
0,1914
0,0309
0,0085
Thus, we can conclude that for k=0 Random Effect may be accepted for all measures of dissent, while for k=1 and 2, only Fixed Effect is possible. More detailed results description is in Appendix 9.
The next step is to determine whether the robust standard errors for fixed effects should be used by conducting tests on heteroskedasticity. The results of the Modified Wald test for groupwise heteroskedasticity in fixed effect regression model (k=1, 2) show that there is the evidence of heteroskedasticity due to zero p-values. The zero hypothesis of no heteroskedasticity is rejected (see Appendix 10). Thus, in order to get rid of this problem the robust standard errors should be used for each of six regressions (for k=1 and 2) (see Appendix 11).
The next vital test that should be used in order to find the most appropriate model is a Wald test, which compares the Fixed Effect with the pooled regression. The simpliest way to conduct this test is to provide a fixed effect regression (for k=1, 2) and look at its p-values. If the p-value < 0,01 then the zero hypothesis that the panel is pooled is rejected. All the p-values are equal to zero, thus, all the regressions tested are Fixed Effect models (see Appendix 12). In this Appendix results of the Random Effects are also shown.
In order to analyze the conclusions about the tests provided the table below summarizes the main indicators based on which the inferences would be made (t/z-statistics for the DissA, DissV and DissV2 coefficients):
K=0 (RE) |
K=1 (FE robust) |
K=2 (FE robust) |
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z-stat |
R2 |
t-stat |
R2 |
t-stat |
R2 |
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DissA |
14,19 |
0,8626 |
38,82 |
0,7130 |
33,89 |
0,4969 |
|
DissV |
12,03 |
0,8617 |
34,53 |
0,7087 |
33,92 |
0,48 |
|
DissV2 |
13,26 |
0,8622 |
34,44 |
0,7092 |
31,87 |
0,4837 |
From this table we can see that after all the tests made, for all the regressions at k=0 (when forecasts are made for the current quarter) the Random Effect model can be used. For k=1 and k=2 there may be used the Fixed Effect but with robust standard erroes in order to get rid of heteroskedasticity. The main conclusions drawn from this table say that for the panel data all types of dissents improve the fit of the regression. However, based on R2 it can be possible to choose the best type of dissent. From the table above it can be seen that for every value of k regressions with the DissA as coefficient have larger R2 levels then the other ones.
Overall, comparing the results from aggregated and disaggregated data we can conclude that both aggregated and disaggregated data show that adding the value of the DissA as the measure of the dissent into the regression may improve the predictability of market interest rates.
Conclusion
As it was explained above, the transparency of the FOMC meeting discussions, results and conclusions may serve as one of the most vital indicators, which influence the monetary policy effectiveness.
That is why, the problem of the Central Banks' transparency stands as one of the most topical when talking about the monetary policy.
In 2002 in the USA the Federal Reserve System began to publish the main conclusions of the meeting immediately after the session. This event is represented as the feature of transparency in this research. That is why the period considered in this paper is from 1987 (the moment, from which the accurate data is available) to 2002 (when the reports on the FOMC began to be published immediately after the meeting).
Thus, the hypothesis that if such information had been released before the 2002, then the predictability of market interest rates (in this research - prime rates) would have been improved is tested.
The statistical analysis was divided into two parts - using aggregated and disaggregated data. Three main types of individual policy preferences revealed during policy deliberations at the FOMC meetings were analyzed as the main dissents, which may make the forecasted values of interest rates more accurate.
After a large set of different analyses the dissent among all members of the meeting (including voting and non-voting members) was concluded to be the most appropriate one to improve the fit of the regression and to predict the prime rates. It is the only type of dissent, which value was found to be significant for the aggregated data analysis.
Although all three typres of dissent (dissent among all members, dissent among voting members only and dissent among those who will be voting at next meeting) were found to be significant during the panel data analysis, the regression with the dissent among all members as variable showed the highest value of R-sq.
Thus, the hypothesis that if the FOMC meeting results are released immediately after the event, then the predictability of market interest rates will be improved is proved by the statistical and econometrical analysis using a range of different instruments.
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Appendix 1
Source: Federal Reserve Bulletin
Appendix 2
monetary policy america
Source:
Daniel L. Thornton and David C. Wheelock, 2001, «Making Sense of Dissents: A History of FOMC Dissents»
Appendix 3
Source:
Data from the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED - St. Louis Fed) and the author's calculations
Appendix 4
Source:
Data from Andrei Sirchenko and the author's calculations
Appendix 5
Null Hypothesis: DISSA has a unit root |
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Exogenous: Constant |
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Lag Length: 0 (Automatic - based on SIC, maxlag=13) |
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t-Statistic |
Prob.* |
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Augmented Dickey-Fuller test statistic |
-8.666774 |
0.0000 |
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Test critical values: |
1% level |
-3.468521 |
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5% level |
-2.878212 |
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10% level |
-2.575737 |
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*MacKinnon (1996) one-sided p-values. |
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Null Hypothesis: DISSV has a unit root |
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Exogenous: Constant |
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Lag Length: 0 (Automatic - based on SIC, maxlag=13) |
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t-Statistic |
Prob.* |
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Augmented Dickey-Fuller test statistic |
-9.522976 |
0.0000 |
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Test critical values: |
1% level |
-3.468521 |
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5% level |
-2.878212 |
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10% level |
-2.575737 |
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*MacKinnon (1996) one-sided p-values. |
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Null Hypothesis: DISSV2 has a unit root |
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Exogenous: Constant |
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Lag Length: 0 (Automatic - based on SIC, maxlag=13) |
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t-Statistic |
Prob.* |
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Augmented Dickey-Fuller test statistic |
-9.382243 |
0.0000 |
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Test critical values: |
1% level |
-3.468521 |
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5% level |
-2.878212 |
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10% level |
-2.575737 |
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*MacKinnon (1996) one-sided p-values. |
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Null Hypothesis: Y_A has a unit root |
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Exogenous: Constant |
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Lag Length: 47 (Automatic - based on SIC, maxlag=47) |
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t-Statistic |
Prob.* |
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Augmented Dickey-Fuller test statistic |
-35.42118 |
0.0000 |
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Test critical values: |
1% level |
-3.430448 |
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5% level |
-2.861467 |
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10% level |
-2.566772 |
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*MacKinnon (1996) one-sided p-values. |
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Null Hypothesis: YF0 has a unit root |
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Exogenous: Constant |
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Lag Length: 22 (Automatic - based on SIC, maxlag=35) |
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t-Statistic |
Prob.* |
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Augmented Dickey-Fuller test statistic |
-11.02937 |
0.0000 |
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Test critical values: |
1% level |
-3.431853 |
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5% level |
-2.862089 |
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10% level |
-2.567106 |
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*MacKinnon (1996) one-sided p-values. |
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Null Hypothesis: YF1 has a unit root |
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Exogenous: Constant |
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Lag Length: 9 (Automatic - based on SIC, maxlag=36) |
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t-Statistic |
Prob.* |
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Augmented Dickey-Fuller test statistic |
-15.14779 |
0.0000 |
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Test critical values: |
1% level |
-3.431321 |
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5% level |
-2.861854 |
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10% level |
-2.566979 |
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*MacKinnon (1996) one-sided p-values. |
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Null Hypothesis: YF2 has a unit root |
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Exogenous: Constant |
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Lag Length: 9 (Automatic - based on SIC, maxlag=36) |
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t-Statistic |
Prob.* |
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Augmented Dickey-Fuller test statistic |
-15.42860 |
0.0000 |
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Test critical values: |
1% level |
-3.431299 |
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5% level |
-2.861844 |
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10% level |
-2.566974 |
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*MacKinnon (1996) one-sided p-values. |
Appendix 6
Calculated by Eviews
k=0
Dependent Variable: Y |
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Method: Least Squares |
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Date: 06/09/16 Time: 13:15 |
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Sample: 1987M09 2002M01 |
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Included observations: 173 |
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Variable |
Coefficient |
Std. Error |
t-Statistic |
Prob. |
|
C |
0.043947 |
0.246984 |
0.177933 |
0.8590 |
|
Y_BAR |
0.982699 |
0.029296 |
33.54344 |
0.0000 |
|
DISSA |
0.515918 |
0.236377 |
2.182613 |
0.0304 |
|
R-squared |
0.869000 |
Mean dependent var |
8.220347 |
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Adjusted R-squared |
0.867459 |
S.D. dependent var |
1.493268 |
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S.E. of regression |
0.543643 |
Akaike info criterion |
1.636140 |
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Sum squared resid |
50.24306 |
Schwarz criterion |
1.690821 |
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Log likelihood |
-138.5261 |
Hannan-Quinn criter. |
1.658324 |
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F-statistic |
563.8535 |
Durbin-Watson stat |
0.319583 |
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Prob(F-statistic) |
0.000000 |
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Dependent Variable: Y |
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Method: Least Squares |
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Date: 06/09/16 Time: 13:15 |
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Sample: 1987M09 2002M01 |
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Included observations: 173 |
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Variable |
Coefficient |
Std. Error |
t-Statistic |
Prob. |
|
C |
0.047941 |
0.248117 |
0.193219 |
0.8470 |
|
Y_BAR |
0.983874 |
0.029439 |
33.42039 |
0.0000 |
|
DISSV |
0.511839 |
0.280367 |
1.825607 |
0.0697 |
|
R-squared |
0.867918 |
Mean dependent var |
8.220347 |
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Adjusted R-squared |
0.866364 |
S.D. dependent var |
1.493268 |
||
S.E. of regression |
0.545882 |
Akaike info criterion |
1.644362 |
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Sum squared resid |
50.65785 |
Schwarz criterion |
1.699043 |
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Log likelihood |
-139.2373 |
Hannan-Quinn criter. |
1.666546 |
||
F-statistic |
558.5407 |
Durbin-Watson stat |
0.326126 |
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Prob(F-statistic) |
0.000000 |
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Dependent Variable: Y |
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Method: Least Squares |
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Date: 06/09/16 Time: 13:16 |
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Sample: 1987M09 2002M01 |
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Included observations: 173 |
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Variable |
Coefficient |
Std. Error |
t-Statistic |
Prob. |
|
C |
0.036179 |
0.247998 |
0.145883 |
0.8842 |
|
Y_BAR |
0.985203 |
0.029410 |
33.49873 |
0.0000 |
|
DISSV2 |
0.574039 |
0.286380 |
2.004468 |
0.0466 |
|
R-squared |
0.868438 |
Mean dependent var |
8.220347 |
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Adjusted R-squared |
0.866890 |
S.D. dependent var |
1.493268 |
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S.E. of regression |
0.544807 |
Akaike info criterion |
1.640417 |
||
Sum squared resid |
50.45842 |
Schwarz criterion |
1.695099 |
||
Log likelihood |
-138.8961 |
Hannan-Quinn criter. |
1.662601 |
||
F-statistic |
561.0841 |
Durbin-Watson stat |
0.323263 |
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Prob(F-statistic) |
0.000000 |
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k=1
Dependent Variable: Y |
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Method: Least Squares |
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Date: 06/09/16 Time: 13:20 |
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Sample: 1987M09 2002M01 |
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Included observations: 173 |
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Variable |
Coefficient |
Std. Error |
t-Statistic |
Prob. |
|
C |
0.331033 |
0.371410 |
0.891288 |
0.3740 |
|
Y_BAR |
0.937799 |
0.044169 |
21.23214 |
0.0000 |
|
DISSA |
0.997014 |
0.354685 |
2.810987 |
0.0055 |
|
R-squared |
0.729397 |
Mean dependent var |
8.152139 |
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Adjusted R-squared |
0.726214 |
S.D. dependent var |
1.559226 |
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S.E. of regression |
0.815858 |
Akaike info criterion |
2.448037 |
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Sum squared resid |
113.1563 |
Schwarz criterion |
2.502719 |
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Log likelihood |
-208.7552 |
Hannan-Quinn criter. |
2.470221 |
||
F-statistic |
229.1135 |
Durbin-Watson stat |
0.212217 |
||
Prob(F-statistic) |
0.000000 |
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Dependent Variable: Y |
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Method: Least Squares |
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Date: 06/09/16 Time: 13:20 |
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Sample: 1987M09 2002M01 |
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Included observations: 173 |
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Variable |
Coefficient |
Std. Error |
t-Statistic |
Prob. |
|
C |
0.338770 |
0.374658 |
0.904212 |
0.3672 |
|
Y_BAR |
0.940272 |
0.044555 |
21.10352 |
0.0000 |
|
DISSV |
0.942750 |
0.422311 |
2.232359 |
0.0269 |
|
R-squared |
0.724884 |
Mean dependent var |
8.152139 |
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Adjusted R-squared |
0.721648 |
S.D. dependent var |
1.559226 |
||
S.E. of regression |
0.822633 |
Akaike info criterion |
2.464577 |
||
Sum squared resid |
115.0434 |
Schwarz criterion |
2.519258 |
||
Log likelihood |
-210.1859 |
Hannan-Quinn criter. |
2.486761 |
||
F-statistic |
223.9610 |
Durbin-Watson stat |
0.201497 |
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Prob(F-statistic) |
0.000000 |
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Dependent Variable: Y |
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Method: Least Squares |
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Date: 06/09/16 Time: 13:21 |
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Sample: 1987M09 2002M01 |
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Included observations: 173 |
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Variable |
Coefficient |
Std. Error |
t-Statistic |
Prob. |
|
C |
0.322946 |
0.374718 |
0.861838 |
0.3900 |
|
Y_BAR |
0.942254 |
0.044539 |
21.15565 |
0.0000 |
|
DISSV2 |
0.999219 |
0.431640 |
2.314936 |
0.0218 |
|
R-squared |
0.725473 |
Mean dependent var |
8.152139 |
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Adjusted R-squared |
0.722244 |
S.D. dependent var |
1.559226 |
||
S.E. of regression |
0.821752 |
Akaike info criterion |
2.462433 |
||
Sum squared resid |
114.7970 |
Schwarz criterion |
2.517115 |
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Log likelihood |
-210.0005 |
Hannan-Quinn criter. |
2.484617 |
||
F-statistic |
224.6240 |
Durbin-Watson stat |
0.199889 |
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Prob(F-statistic) |
0.000000 |
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k=2
Dependent Variable: Y |
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Method: Least Squares |
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Date: 06/09/16 Time: 13:24 |
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Sample: 1987M09 2002M01 |
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Included observations: 173 |
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Variable |
Coefficient |
Std. Error |
t-Statistic |
Prob. |
|
C |
0.877530 |
0.546002 |
1.607190 |
0.1099 |
|
Y_BAR |
0.864890 |
0.065006 |
13.30476 |
0.0000 |
|
DISSV |
1.233287 |
0.583853 |
2.112325 |
0.0361 |
|
R-squared |
0.514475 |
Mean dependent var |
8.081908 |
||
Adjusted R-squared |
0.508763 |
S.D. dependent var |
1.622854 |
||
S.E. of regression |
1.137431 |
Akaike info criterion |
3.112610 |
||
Sum squared resid |
219.9372 |
Schwarz criterion |
3.167291 |
||
Log likelihood |
-266.2407 |
Hannan-Quinn criter. |
3.134794 |
||
F-statistic |
90.06838 |
Durbin-Watson stat |
0.132500 |
||
Prob(F-statistic) |
0.000000 |
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Dependent Variable: Y |
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Method: Least Squares |
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Date: 06/09/16 Time: 13:23 |
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Sample: 1987M09 2002M01 |
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Included observations: 173 |
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Variable |
Coefficient |
Std. Error |
t-Statistic |
Prob. |
|
C |
0.853937 |
0.537756 |
1.587965 |
0.1142 |
|
Y_BAR |
0.861667 |
0.064026 |
13.45809 |
0.0000 |
|
DISSA |
1.519105 |
0.487190 |
3.118092 |
0.0021 |
|
R-squared |
0.528687 |
Mean dependent var |
8.081908 |
||
Adjusted R-squared |
0.523142 |
S.D. dependent var |
1.622854 |
||
S.E. of regression |
1.120660 |
Akaike info criterion |
3.082902 |
||
Sum squared resid |
213.4995 |
Schwarz criterion |
3.137584 |
||
Log likelihood |
-263.6710 |
Hannan-Quinn criter. |
3.105086 |
||
F-statistic |
95.34725 |
Durbin-Watson stat |
0.160301 |
||
Prob(F-statistic) |
0.000000 |
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Dependent Variable: Y |
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Method: Least Squares |
|||||
Date: 06/09/16 Time: 13:25 |
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Sample: 1987M09 2002M01 |
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Included observations: 173 |
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Variable |
Coefficient |
Std. Error |
t-Statistic |
Prob. |
|
C |
0.858946 |
0.546054 |
1.573006 |
0.1176 |
|
Y_BAR |
0.867242 |
0.064984 |
13.34540 |
0.0000 |
|
DISSV2 |
1.302677 |
0.596768 |
2.182886 |
0.0304 |
|
R-squared |
0.515317 |
Mean dependent var |
8.081908 |
||
Adjusted R-squared |
0.509615 |
S.D. dependent var |
1.622854 |
||
S.E. of regression |
1.136444 |
Akaike info criterion |
3.110874 |
||
Sum squared resid |
219.5558 |
Schwarz criterion |
3.165555 |
||
Log likelihood |
-266.0906 |
Hannan-Quinn criter. |
3.133058 |
||
F-statistic |
90.37251 |
Durbin-Watson stat |
0.131642 |
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Prob(F-statistic) |
0.000000 |
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Appendix 7
Calculated by Eviews
K=0, DissA
Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation LM Test: |
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F-statistic |
209.0159 |
Prob. F(2,168) |
0.0000 |
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Obs*R-squared |
123.4054 |
Prob. Chi-Square(2) |
0.0000 |
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K=0, DIssV
Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation LM Test: |
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F-statistic |
203.6430 |
Prob. F(2,168) |
0.0000 |
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Obs*R-squared |
122.4790 |
Prob. Chi-Square(2) |
0.0000 |
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K=0, DissV2
Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation LM Test: |
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F-statistic |
205.2406 |
Prob. F(2,168) |
0.0000 |
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Obs*R-squared |
122.7581 |
Prob. Chi-Square(2) |
0.0000 |
||
K=1, DissA
Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation LM Test: |
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F-statistic |
382.4231 |
Prob. F(2,168) |
0.0000 |
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Obs*R-squared |
141.8437 |
Prob. Chi-Square(2) |
0.0000 |
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K=1, DIssV
Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation LM Test: |
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F-statistic |
407.3868 |
Prob. F(2,168) |
0.0000 |
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Obs*R-squared |
143.4266 |
Prob. Chi-Square(2) |
0.0000 |
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K=1, DissV2
Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation LM Test: |
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F-statistic |
409.3040 |
Prob. F(2,168) |
0.0000 |
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Obs*R-squared |
143.5415 |
Prob. Chi-Square(2) |
0.0000 |
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K=2, DissA
Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation LM Test: |
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F-statistic |
577.2043 |
Prob. F(2,168) |
0.0000 |
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Obs*R-squared |
151.0219 |
Prob. Chi-Square(2) |
0.0000 |
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K=2, DIssV
Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation LM Test: |
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F-statistic |
714.0443 |
Prob. F(2,168) |
0.0000 |
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Obs*R-squared |
154.7905 |
Prob. Chi-Square(2) |
0.0000 |
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K=2, DissV2
Breusch-Godfrey Serial Correlation LM Test: |
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F-statistic |
712.8043 |
Prob. F(2,168) |
0.0000 |
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Obs*R-squared |
154.7621 |
Prob. Chi-Square(2) |
0.0000 |
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Appendix 8
Calculated by Eviews
K=0
Dependent Variable: Y |
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Method: Least Squares |
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Date: 06/10/16 Time: 16:33 |
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Sample: 1987M09 2002M01 |
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Included observations: 173 |
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