Research Article

Improved Inference for Moving Average Disturbances in Nonlinear Regression Models

Table 1

Simulation results for , 95% CI.

Method Central coverage Upper error Lower error Average bias

−0.9 LR 0.9120 0.0685 0.0195 0.0245
Wald 0.9155 0.0405 0.0440 0.0173
BN 0.9385 0.0285 0.0330 0.0058

−0.6 LR 0.9285 0.0655 0.0060 0.0298
Wald 0.9250 0.0560 0.0190 0.0185
BN 0.9390 0.0275 0.0365 0.0070

−0.3 LR 0.9180 0.0610 0.0210 0.0200
Wald 0.9015 0.0690 0.0295 0.0243
BN 0.9405 0.0260 0.0335 0.0047

0 LR 0.8510 0.0585 0.0905 0.0495
Wald 0.8150 0.0805 0.1045 0.0675
BN 0.9365 0.0280 0.0355 0.0068

0.3 LR 0.8650 0.0760 0.0590 0.0425
Wald 0.8230 0.0825 0.0945 0.0635
BN 0.9380 0.0295 0.0325 0.0060

0.6 LR 0.9090 0.0370 0.0540 0.0205
Wald 0.8730 0.0410 0.0860 0.0385
BN 0.9360 0.0305 0.0335 0.0070

0.9 LR 0.8890 0.0170 0.0940 0.0385
Wald 0.8630 0.0215 0.1155 0.0470
BN 0.9345 0.0295 0.0370 0.0083