Helper functions in accordance to PSY(2015)

psy_minw(n)

psy_ds(n, rule = 1, delta = 1)

psy_minw and psy_ds use the rules of thumb proposed by Phillips et al. (2015) to compute the minimum window size and the minimum duration of an episode of exuberance, respectively.

Arguments

n	A positive integer. The sample size.
rule	Rule to compute the minimum duration of an episode (default: rule = 1, where T denotes the sample size). Rule 1 corresponds to log(T), while rule 2 to log(T)/T.
delta	Frequency-dependent parameter (default; delta = 1). See details.

Value

psy_minw: a single integer, the minimum window length. psy_ds: a single integer, the minimum episode duration in observations.

Details

For the minimum duration period, psy_ds allows the user to choose from two rules:

$$\text{rule}_1 = \delta \log(n) \quad \text{and} \quad \text{rule}_2 = \delta \log(n)/n$$

delta depends on the frequency of the data and the minimal duration condition.

psy_minw(100)
#> [1] 19
psy_ds(100)
#> [1] 5