Package: ARDL Bound approach

Author: Yashar Tarverdi Mamaghani

Authors email:
yashar tar@yahoo.com or yashar.tarverdi@research.uwa.edu.au
Date: 06/11/2014
Add-in type: Time Series
Default proc name: ardlbound
Version: 2.0
Description ARDL bound finds the best lag structure (based on user selection)
for an ARDL model. It also runs the Wald test and finds the F-value required
for ARDL bound test. This add-in and ARDL bound test is based on Pesaran et
al(2001).
Please cite this add-ins as :
Tarverdi M Yashar, (2014).
ardlbound: An Eviews Add-in to perform ARDL bound test based on Pesaran et al
(2001).
Changes log:
Number of variables that can be used in the add-in increased to 10.
Complexity removed from add-in code to make it more expandable for nonprogrammers.
Criterion No autocorrelation in residual is omitted.
Option to show the detailed table is omitted as all the results are shown in
the table.
Manual After running the program, in the first window user can define the parameters for this test. Parameters such as : name of variables,criterion,type of unit
root test and many others.
In picture below the options and their function can be seen.
1 name of the variables in correct order (up to 10 variables)
2 Significant level (This applies for all tests)
3 Here you can choose which Unit Root test is going to be used to stationary
test.There are four choices ADF, KPSS, DFGLS, PP.
4 Criterion that is going to be used for finding the best structure
5 Maximum number of lag you want to consider in your model.
6 Whether you want to consider Intercept in estimation. By default it is
selected.
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Figure 1:
How it works The program goes through following steps:
1. Check the variables to be time series.
2. Check the series to be stationary(This method(bound test) is applicable to
time series which become stationary after taking maximum two differences.)
3. Based on the selected max lag, this add-in estimate an ECM with all lag
P
combination possible.The equation is yt = 0 + 0 yt1 + 1 xt1 + i ytj +
P
i xtj
4. Based on selected criterion, it highlights the best lag combination along
with the F-value from Wald test(This F-value is required for comparison with
tables in Pesaran et al(2001)).
5. At the end a table is presented. And the line that delivers satisfactory criterion
is colored in Red.(Figure 2). Also, the other criterion that might be satisfactory
becomes orange(Figure 3).

Figure 2:

Figure 3:
Contact and Support I would appreciate any feedback and comment about the
add-in.

Yashar Tarverdi Mamaghani