Mean estimation bias in least squares estimation of autoregressive processes (Q1058799)

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Mean estimation bias in least squares estimation of autoregressive processes
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    Mean estimation bias in least squares estimation of autoregressive processes (English)
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    Let \(X_{ti}\) \((t=1,...,n\); \(i=1,...,r)\) be given constants (e.g., \(X_{ti}=t^{i-1})\) and let \(\{e_ t\}\) be i.i.d. \(N(0,\sigma^ 2)\) variables. Consider the model \[ Y_ t=\sum^{r}_{i=1}X_{ti}\beta_ i+P_ t,\quad P_ t=\sum^{p}_{j=1}\alpha_ jP_{t-j}+e_ t, \] where \(\beta_ i\) and \(\alpha_ j\) are unknown parameters such that \(\{P_ t\}\) is a stationary AR(p) process. Let \({\tilde \alpha}\) be the estimator of \(\alpha =(\alpha_ 1,...,\alpha_ p)\) which is given by the regression of \(Y_ t\) on \((X_{t1},...,X_{tr}, Y_{t-1},...,Y_{t-p})\). The other estimator \({\hat \alpha}\) of \(\alpha\) arises from the regression of \(\hat P_ t\) on \((\hat P_{t-1},...,\hat P_{t-p})\), where \(\hat P_ t\) are the least squares residuals. The authors prove that \(E({\hat \alpha}-{\tilde \alpha})=O(n^{-2})\) and propose a reparametrization that isolates the bias of the estimators. A Monte Carlo study of the second-order autoregressive process is presented which includes also the case of the generalized least squares estimator of the mean function.
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    stationary AR(p) process
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    least squares residuals
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    reparametrization
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    bias
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    Monte Carlo study
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    second-order autoregressive process
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    generalized least squares estimator of the mean function
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