B0722
Title: Mixtures of nonlinear Poisson autoregressions
Authors: Konstantinos Fokianos - University of Cyprus (Cyprus) [presenting]
Abstract: Non-linear infinite order Markov switching integer-valued ARCH models for count timeseries data are studied. Markov switching models take into account complex dynamics and can deal with several stylistic facts of count data including proper modelingof non-linearities, overdispersion and outliers. We study structural properties of those models. Under mild conditions, we prove consistency and asymptotic normality of the maximum likelihood estimator for the case of finite order autoregression. In addition, we give conditions which imply that the marginal likelihood ratio test, for testing the number of regimes,converges to a Gaussian process. This result enable us to prove that the BICprovides a consistent estimator for selecting the true number of regimes. A real data example illustrates the methodology and compares this approach with alternative methods.
