Panel Unit Root Tests and Spatial Dependence

Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 88

37 Pages Posted: 20 Apr 2011

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Badi H. Baltagi

Syracuse University; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Syracuse University - Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Georges Bresson

ERMES (CNRS), Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II

Alain Pirotte

ERMES (CNRS), Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II; INRETS-DEST

Date Written: December 1, 2006

Abstract

This paper studies the performance of panel unit root tests when spatial effects are present that account for cross-section correlation. Monte Carlo simulations show that there can be considerable size distortions in panel unit root tests when the true specification exhibits spatial error correlation. These tests are applied to a panel data set on net real income from the 1000 largest French communes observed over the period 1985-1998.

Keywords: Nonstationarity, Panel Data, Spatial Dependence, Cross-Section Correlation, Unit Root tests

JEL Classification: C23

Suggested Citation

Baltagi, Badi H. and Bresson, Georges and Pirotte, Alain, Panel Unit Root Tests and Spatial Dependence (December 1, 2006). Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 88, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1815340 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1815340

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