Table 2.
Asymmetric causality test results
| Bootstrap Critical Values | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypothesis | Test Stat | 1% | 5% | %10 |
| 5.516* | 9.697 | 6.030 | 4.497 | |
| 1.217 | 9.483 | 6.295 | 4.626 | |
| 0.529 | 9.041 | 3.904 | 2.743 | |
| 0.288 | 10.860 | 6.672 | 5.153 | |
| 1.064 | 11.296 | 4.446 | 2.918 | |
| 5.066 | 25.771 | 15.468 | 12.355 | |
| 0.101 | 12.535 | 4.881 | 3.012 | |
| 39.564*** | 27.519 | 16.849 | 13.753 | |
| 15.020 | 154.623 | 64.736 | 38.166 | |
| 11.528 | 36.993 | 18.456 | 14.056 | |
| 0.004 | 13.575 | 5.281 | 2.845 | |
| 37.398** | 43.308 | 22.681 | 16.390 | |
Optimal lag lengths were determined by using Akaike information criterion *, **, and *** show statistical significance at 10, 5, and 1% level, respectively. Critical values were obtained by utilizing 1000 bootstrap replications