Prof. Dr. Pentti Saikkonen

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMathematical and Applied Statistics,Statistics and Economics,Software Engineering and Programming Languages
KeywordsCointegration, Nonlinear time series models, Time series models, Time series analysis, Unit root

Current contact address

CountryFinland
CityHelsinki
InstitutionUniversity of Helsinki
InstituteDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Helmut LütkepohlInstitut für Statistik und Ökonometrie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Helmut LütkepohlDepartment of Economics, European University Institute (EUI), San Domenico di Fiesole
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2000

Programme(s)

1999Humboldt Research Award Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2007Pentti Saikkonen: Stability of mixtures of vector autoregressions with autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity. In: Statistica Sinica, 2007, 221-239
2006Pentti Saikkonen, Helmut Lütkepohl, Carsten Trenkler: Break date estimation for VAR processes with level shift with an application to cointegration testing. In: Econometric Theory, 2006, 15-68
2005Pentti Saikkonen: Stability results for nonlinear error correction models. In: Journal of Econometrics, 2005, 69-81
2004Pentti Saikkonen, In Choi Cointegrating smooth transition regressions . In: Econometric Theory, 2004, 301-340
2004Helmut Lütkepohl, Pentti Saikkonen, Carsten Trenkler: Testing for the cointegrating rank of a VAR process with level shifts at unknown time. In: Econometrica, 2004, 647-662
2003Helmut Lütkepohl, Pentti Saikkonen, Carsten Trenkler: Comparison of tests for the cointegrating rank of a VAR process with a structural shift. In: Journal of Econometrics, 2003, 201-229
2003Markku Lanne, Pentti Saikkonen: Modeling the U.S. short-term interest rate by mixture autoregressive processes. In: Journal of Financial Econometrics , 2003, 96-125
2003Markku Lanne, Helmut Lütkepohl, Pentti Saikkonen: Test procedures for unit roots in time series with level shifts at unknown time . In: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics , 2003, 91-115
2002Markku Lanne, Helmut Lütkepohl, Pentti Saikkonen: Comparison of unit root tests for time series with level shifts. In: Journal of Time Series Analysis, 2002, 667-685
2002Pentti Saikkonen, Helmut Lütkepohl: Testing for a unit root in a time series with a level shift at unknown time. In: Econometric Theory, 2002, 313-348
2002Markku Lanne, Helmut Lütkepohl, Pentti Saikkonen: Unit root tests in the presence of innovational outliers. In: Ingo Klein, Stefan Mittnik, Contributions to Modern Econometrics. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. 151-167
2001Helmut Lütkepohl, Pentti Saikkonen, Carsten Trenkler: Maximum eigenvalue versus trace tests for the cointegrating rank of a VAR process. In: Econometrics Journal, 2001, 287-310
2001Pentti Saikkonen, Helmut Lütkepohl: Testing for unit roots in time series with level shifts. In: Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv, 2001, 1-25