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Testing Diffusion Processes For Non-Stationarity, Jeff Hamrick, Murad S. Taqqu
Testing Diffusion Processes For Non-Stationarity, Jeff Hamrick, Murad S. Taqqu
Master of Science in Analytics (MSAN) Faculty Research
Financial data are often assumed to be generated by diffusions. Using recent results of Fan et al. (J Am Stat Assoc, 102:618–631, 2007; J Financ Econometer, 5:321–357, 2007) and a multiple comparisons procedure created by Benjamini and Hochberg (J R Stat Soc Ser B, 59:289–300, 1995), we develop a test for non-stationarity of a one-dimensional diffusion based on the time inhomogeneity of the diffusion function. The procedure uses a single sample path of the diffusion and involves two estimators, one temporal and one spatial. We first apply the test to simulated data generated from a variety of one-dimensional diffusions. We …