Document Type
Discussion Paper
Publication Date
6-1-1988
CFDP Number
882R
CFDP Revision Date
1989-07-01
CFDP Pages
40
Abstract
This paper deals with error correction models (ECM’s) and cointegrated systems that are formulated in continuous time. Problems of representation, identification, estimation and time aggregation are discussed. It is shown that every ECM in continuous time has a discrete time equivalent model in ECM format. Moreover, both models may be written as triangular systems with stationary errors. This formulation simplifies both the continuous and the discrete time ECM representations and it helps to motivate a class of optimal inference procedures. It is further shown that long run equilibria in the continuous system are always identified in the discrete time reduced form, so that there is no aliasing problem for these coefficients.
Recommended Citation
Phillips, Peter C.B., "Error Correction and Long Run Equilibrium in Continuous Time" (1988). Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers. 1126.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cowles-discussion-paper-series/1126