Establishing conditions for the functional central limit theorem in nonlinear and semiparametric time series processes

Please see also the following Corrigendum to Section 2.4, Journal of Econometrics 110(1) 103-104The author was formerly at the Cardiff Business SchoolThis paper considers methods of deriving sufficient conditions for the central limit theorem and functional central limit theorem to hold in a broad class of time series processes, including nonlinear processes and semiparametric linear processes. The common thread linking these results is the concept of near-epoch dependence on a mixing process, since powerful limit results are available under this limited-dependence property. The particular case of near-epoch dependence on an independent process provides a convenient framework for dealing with a range of nonlinear cases, including the bilinear, GARCH, and threshold autoregressive models. It is shown in particular that even SETAR processes with a unit root regime have short memory, under the right conditions. A simulation approach is also demonstrated, applicable to cases that are analytically intractable. A new FCLT is given for semiparametric linear processes, where the forcing processes are of the NED-on-mixing type, under conditions that are evidently close to necessary