TY - JOUR AU - Jansson,Michael AU - Moreira,Marcelo J. TI - Optimal Inference in Regression Models with Nearly Integrated Regressors JF - National Bureau of Economic Research Technical Working Paper Series VL - No. 303 PY - 2004 Y2 - November 2004 UR - http://www.nber.org/papers/t0303 L1 - http://www.nber.org/papers/t0303.pdf N1 - Author contact info: Michael Jansson UC, Berkeley E-Mail: mjansson@econ.berkeley.edu Marcelo Moreira 5470 Hutchinson Road Sebastopol, CA 95472 E-Mail: moreira.marcelo.j@gmail.com AB - This paper considers the problem of conducting inference on the regression coefficient in a bivariate regression model with a highly persistent regressor. Gaussian power envelopes are obtained for a class of testing procedures satisfying a conditionality restriction. In addition, the paper proposes feasible testing procedures that attain these Gaussian power envelopes whether or not the innovations of the regression model are normally distributed. ER -