VALID EDGEWORTH EXPANSION FOR THE SAMPLE AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION UNDER LONG RANGE DEPENDENCE

Abstract

We prove in this paper the validity of an Edgeworth expansion to the joint distribution of the sample autocorrelations of a stationary Gaussian long memory process. The method of proof relies on a verification of the suitably modified conditions for the validity of a multivariate Edgeworth expansion of Durbin (1980, Biometrika 67, 311–333). A simulation study proves the expansion to be useful and accurate.