The KPSS Test with Seasonal Dummies

7 Pages Posted: 13 Jun 2002

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Sainan Jin

Peking University - Guanghua School of Management

Peter C. B. Phillips

University of Auckland Business School; Yale University - Cowles Foundation; Singapore Management University - School of Economics

Date Written: May 2002

Abstract

It is shown that the KPSS test for stationarity may be applied without change to regressions with seasonal dummies. In particular, the limit distribution of the KPSS statistic is the same under both the null and alternative hypotheses whether or not seasonal dummies are used.

Keywords: KPSS Test, Seasonal Dummies, Stationarity Test, Unit Root

JEL Classification: C32

Suggested Citation

Jin, Sainan and Phillips, Peter C. B., The KPSS Test with Seasonal Dummies (May 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=313008

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