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A unit root is a property of a non-stationary time series which can lead to spurious regressions and wrong inference.

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Intuitive explanation of unit root

Imagine two $AR(1)$ processes: Process 1: $v_k = 0.5 v_{k-1} + \epsilon_{k-1}$ Process 2: $v_k = v_{k-1} + \epsilon_{k-1}$ $\epsilon_i$ is drawn from $N(0,1)$ Process 1 has no unit root. Process …
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