GAUSSIAN INFERENCE IN AR(1) TIME SERIES WITH OR WITHOUT A UNIT ROOT
有无单位根的 AR(1) 时间序列中的高斯推断
This paper introduces a simple first-difference-based approach to estimation and inference for the AR(1) model. The estimates have virtually no finite-sample bias and are not sensitive to initial conditions, and the approach has the unusual advantage that a Gaussian central limit theory applies and is continuous as the autoregressive coefficient passes through unity with a uniform $\sqrt{n}$ rate of convergence. En route, a useful central limit theorem (CLT) for sample…