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PIVOTAL STRUCTURAL CHANGE TESTS IN LINEARSIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS WITH WEAKIDENTIFICATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2010

Mehmet Caner
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Abstract

Asymptotically pivotal structural change tests aredeveloped for simultaneous equations with weaklyidentified parameters, extending the boundedlypivotal tests of Caner (2007, Journal ofEconometrics 137, 28–67) by means of asimple reparametrization of the model.

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Econometric Theory , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 413 - 426
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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Footnotes

I thank editor Peter C.B. Phillips, co-editorRichard J. Smith, and the two anonymous refereesfor their comments that improved the papersubstantially.

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