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A general test for univariate seasonality

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1995-10
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Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico (ICAE)
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We propose a general test for univariate seasonality. Starting from a multivariate model for the seasons. some constraints must hold both, on the covariance matrix of the innovations, as well as among coefficients across equations, for a univariate representation of seasonality to be appropriate. Appied to a set of 23 U.K. macroeconomic variables, our test shows that a multivariate representation of seasonality should be preferred in at least 8 cases.
Se propone un contraste para la detección de estacionalidad univariante. Para que la estacionalidad presente en una serie temporal pueda ser modelizada en un contexto univariante, el modelo multivariante estocástico de las estaciones deberá incorporar determinadas restricciones, tanto sobre la matriz de varianzas y covarianzas de las innovaciones como entre los coeficientes de las distintas ecuaciones. Cuando el contraste propuesto se aplica a un conjunto de 23 variables de la economía del Reino Unido, en al menos 8 casos se detecta una estructura multivariante de la estacionalidad.
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