Câu hỏi: If a regression equation contains an irrelevant variable, the parameter estimates will be

A. Consistent and unbiased but inefficient

B. Consistent and asymptotically efficient but biased

C. Inconsistent

D. Consistent, unbiased and efficient

Câu 1: If there are three variables that are being tested for cointegration, what is the maximum number of linearly independent cointegrating relationships that there could be?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

Câu 2: Which of the following would probably NOT be a potential “cure” for non-normal residuals?

A. Transforming two explanatory variables into a ratio

B. Removing large positive residuals

C. Using a procedure for estimation and inference which did not assume normality

D. Removing large negative residuals

Câu 3: A process, xt, which has a constant mean and variance, and zero autocovariance for all non-zero lags is best described as:

A. A white noise process

B. A covariance stationary process

C. An autocorrelated process

D. A moving average process

Câu 4: If a residual series is negatively autocorrelated, which one of the following is the most likely value of the Durbin Watson statistic?

A. Close to zero

B. Close to two

C. Close to four

D. Close to one

Câu 5: If the number of non-zero eigenvalues of the pi matrix under a Johansen test is 2, this implies that

A. There are 2 linearly independent cointegrating vectors

B. There are at most 2 linearly independent cointegrating vectors

C. There are 3 variables in the system

D. There are at least 2 linearly independent cointegrating vectors

Câu 6: If the residuals of a model containing lags of the dependent variable are autocorrelated, which one of the following could this lead to?

A. Biased but consistent coefficient estimates

B. Biased and inconsistent coefficient estimates

C. Unbiased but inconsistent coefficient estimates

D. Unbiased and consistent but inefficient coefficient estimates