Econometrica

Journal Of The Econometric Society

An International Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics

Edited by: Guido W. Imbens • Print ISSN: 0012-9682 • Online ISSN: 1468-0262

Econometrica: Jan, 1969, Volume 37, Issue 1

First Order Autoregression: Inference, Estimation, and Prediction

https://doi.org/0012-9682(196901)37:1<1:FOAIEA>2.0.CO;2-J
p. 1-14

Guy H. Orcutt, Herbert S. Winokur, Jr.

Monte Carlo techniques are used to study the first order autoregressive time series model with unknown level, slope, and error variance. The effect of lagged variables on inference, estimation, and prediction is described, using results from the classical normal linear regression model as a standard. In particular, use of the t and x^2 distributions as approximate sampling distributions is verified for inference concerning the level and residual error variance. Bias in the least squares estimate of the slope is measured, and two bias corrections are evaluated. Least squares chained prediction is studied, and attempts to measure the success of prediction and to improve on the least squares technique are discussed.


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