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Hypothesis Testing for Markov Switching Models

v0.1.8 · Jan 9, 2026 · GPL (>= 2)

Description

Implementation of hypothesis testing procedures described in Hansen (1992) <doi:10.1002/jae.3950070506>, Carrasco, Hu, & Ploberger (2014) <doi:10.3982/ECTA8609>, Dufour & Luger (2017) <doi:10.1080/07474938.2017.1307548>, and Rodriguez Rondon & Dufour (2024) <https://grodriguezrondon.com/files/RodriguezRondon_Dufour_2025_MonteCarlo_LikelihoodRatioTest_MarkovSwitchingModels_20251014.pdf> that can be used to identify the number of regimes in Markov switching models.

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NOTE 12 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 22, 2026
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NOTE 12 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
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Version History

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new 0.1.8 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.1.8 ← 0.1.6 diff Jan 8, 2026
updated 0.1.6 ← 0.1.5 diff Oct 22, 2025
updated 0.1.5 ← 0.1.3 diff Feb 23, 2025
updated 0.1.3 ← 0.1.2 diff Oct 29, 2024
updated 0.1.2 ← 0.1.1 diff May 30, 2024
updated 0.1.1 ← 0.1.0 diff Jan 30, 2023
new 0.1.0 Oct 18, 2022