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A stochastic process is covariance stationary if every
segment of a given length has the same unconditional means, standard
deviations and correlations (including autocorrelations and cross
correlations) as every other segment of the same length. It is homoskedastic
if the unconditional covariance matrix is the same for all terms of the
stochastic process. Covariance stationarity implies homoskedasticity—just
consider segments of length one and apply the definition of covariance
stationarity. It does not imply conditional homoskedasticity—covariance
stationarity says nothing about conditional distributions. |