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We study two estimators of the long-range parameter of a covariance stationary linear process. We show that one of the estimators achieve the optimal semiparametric rate of convergence, whereas the other has a rate of convergence as close as desired to the optimal rate. Moreover, we show that the estimators are asymptotically normal with a variance, which does not depend on any unknown parameter, smaller than others suggested in the literature. Finally, a small Monte Carlo study is included to illustrate the finite sample relative performance of our estimators compared to other suggested semiparametric estimators. More specifically, the Monte-Carlo experiment shows the superiority of the proposed estimators in terms of the Mean Squared Error.
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The first author research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) reference number: R000238212. The second author research was funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology of Japan, reference number: 09CE2002 and B(2)10202202.
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Hidalgo, J., Yajima, Y. Semiparametric estimation of the long-range parameter. Ann Inst Stat Math 55, 705–736 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02523390
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