Using Proposition 13A.3, show that for two independent random walks the typical size of the OLS slope -statistic grows like . (a) In a simulation the median is about 7.1 at . What median do you expect at ? Give the ratio. (b) Explain why the median in the simulations of 13A.3 does not fall as grows. (c) Why does the Durbin–Watson statistic of such a regression tend to zero?
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How spurious -statistics grow
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