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Structural Break Phillips-Perron Unit Root Test

The structural break Phillips-Perron (PP) unit root test extends the classical PP framework to allow for one or more discrete shifts in the level or trend of a time series. By endogenously or exogenously identifying break dates and controlling for them, it tests the null of a unit root against a trend-stationary alternative that accommodates structural change, avoiding the spurious acceptance of non-stationarity caused by ignored breaks.

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Sources

  1. Perron, P. (1997). Further evidence on breaking trend functions in macroeconomic variables. Journal of Econometrics, 80(2), 355-385. DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(97)00049-3
  2. Phillips, P. C. B., & Perron, P. (1988). Testing for a unit root in time series regression. Biometrika, 75(2), 335-346. DOI: 10.1093/biomet/75.2.335

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