Economic and financial time series feature important seasonal fluctuations. Despite their regular and predictable patterns over the year, month or week, they pose many challenges to economists and econometricians. This book provides a thorough review of the recent developments in the econometric analysis of seasonal time series. It is designed for an audience of specialists in economic time series analysis and advanced graduate students. It is the most comprehensive and balanced treatment of the subject since the mid-1980s.
Contents
1. Introduction to seasonal processes; 2. Deterministic seasonality; 3. Seasonal unit root processes; 4. Seasonal adjustment programs; 5. Estimation and hypothesis testing with filtered data; 6. Periodic processes; 7. Some nonlinear seasonal models; 8. Epilogue.
Review
"The authors have presented a coherent account of the current state of the econometric theory for analyzing seasonal time series processes." Mathematical Reviews
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