THE BEHAVIOR OF FORECAST ERRORS FROM A NEARLY INTEGRATED AR(1) MODEL AS BOTH SAMPLE SIZE AND FORECAST HORIZON BECOME LARGE
样本量与预测期同步增长时近单位根 AR(1) 模型的预测误差
We develop asymptotic approximations to the distribution of forecast errors from an estimated AR(1) model with no drift when the true process is nearly I (1) and both the forecast horizon and the sample size are allowed to increase at the same rate. We find that the forecast errors are the sums of two components that are asymptotically independent. The first is asymptotically normal whereas the second is asymptotically nonnormal. This throws doubt on the suitability of a…