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Structural Break KPSS Test

The structural break KPSS test extends the standard Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin (KPSS) stationarity test to allow for one or more known or unknown structural breaks in the level or trend of a time series. Under the null hypothesis the series is stationary around a broken deterministic component, enabling researchers to distinguish genuine unit-root behaviour from apparent non-stationarity caused by regime shifts.

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Sources

  1. Carrion-i-Silvestre, J. L., Del Barrio, T., & Lopez-Bazo, E. (2005). Breaking the panels: An application to the GDP per capita. Econometrics Journal, 8(2), 159-175. DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-423X.2005.00158.x
  2. Kurozumi, E. (2002). Testing for stationarity with a break. Journal of Econometrics, 108(1), 63-99. DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(01)00106-3

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ScholarGateStructural Break KPSS Test (KPSS Stationarity Test with Structural Breaks). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/econometrics/structural-break-kpss-test