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A structural break is a concept in econometrics. A structural break appears when we see an unexpected shift in a (macroeconomic) time series. This can lead to huge forecasting errors and unreliability of the model in general. This issue was popularised by David Hendry. ==Test== In general, the CUSUM (cumulative sum) and CUSUM-sq (CUSUM squared) tests can be used to test the constancy of the coefficients in a model. The bounds test can also be used. For a linear model with one known single break in mean, the Chow test is often used. If the single break in mean is unknown, then Hartley's test may be appropriate. Other challenges are where there are: :Case 1: a known number of unknown breaks in mean; :Case 2: an unknown number of (unknown) breaks in mean; :Case 3: breaks in variance. The Chow test is not applicable for these situations;〔 however, for cases 1 and 2, the sup-Wald, sup-LM, and sup-LR tests developed by Andrews (1993, 2003)〔〔 may be used to test for parameter instability when the change points (the structural break locations) are unknown. For nonstationary process, there are many more challenges. For a cointegration model, the Gregory–Hansen test (1996) is used for one unknown structural break, and the Hatemi-J test (2006) is used for two unknown breaks. There are several programs that can be used to find structural breaks, including R and GAUSS. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Structural break」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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