Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2010
We study the limiting behavior of theM-estimators of parameters for aspatial unilateral autoregressive model withindependent and identically distributed innovationsin the domain of attraction of a stable law withindex α ∈ (0, 2]. Both stationaryand unit root models and some extensions areconsidered. It is also shown that self-normalizedM-estimators are asymptoticallynormal. A numerical example and a simulation studyare also given.
This paper is supported by the Natural Sciencesand Engineering Research Council of Canada. Thefirst author was also supported by the CentralBank of Iran. The authors also are greatlyindebted to two anonymous referees for severalhelpful comments.