@article{2978938, title = "Testing for serial independence in vector autoregressive models", author = "Meintanis, S.G. and Ngatchou-Wandji, J. and Allison, J.", journal = "Statistical Papers", year = "2018", volume = "59", number = "4", pages = "1379-1410", publisher = "Springer New York LLC", issn = "0932-5026", doi = "10.1007/s00362-018-1039-4", abstract = "We consider tests for serial independence of arbitrary finite order for the innovations in vector autoregressive models. The tests are expressed as L2-type criteria involving the difference of the joint empirical characteristic function and the product of corresponding marginals. Asymptotic as well as Monte-Carlo results are presented. © 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature." }