Working Paper
On the finite-sample accuracy of nonparametric resampling algorithms for economic time series
Berkowitz, Jeremy; Birgean, Ionel; Kilian, Lutz (1999)
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in nonparametric bootstrap inference for economic time series. Nonparametric resampling techniques help protect against overly optimistic inference in time series models of unknown structure. They are particularly useful for evaluating the fit of dynamic economic models in terms of their spectra, impulse responses, and related statistics, because they do not require a correctly specified economic model. Notwithstanding the potential advantages of nonparametric bootstrap methods, their reliability in small samples is questionable. In this ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 1999-04