Robust Augmented Dickey-Fuller Unit Root Test

The Robust ADF unit root test extends the classical ADF procedure with improvements that correct for size distortions arising from heteroscedastic or serially correlated errors, and from poor lag-length selection. Drawing on GLS detrending (Elliott, Rothenberg, and Stock 1996) and modified information criteria (Ng and Perron 2001), it delivers reliable size and power in the presence of non-standard error processes common in macroeconomic and financial time series.