Abstract
This paper considers the short- and long-memory linear processes with GARCH (1,1) noises. The functional limit distributions of the partial sum and the sample autocovariances are derived when the tail index α is in (0,2), equal to 2, and in (2,∞), respectively. The partial sum weakly converges to a functional of α-stable process when α <2 and converges to a functional of Brownian motion when α ≥2. When the process is of short-memory and α<4, the autocovariances converge to functionals of α/2-stable processes; and if α ≥4, they converge to functionals of Brownian motions. In contrast, when the process is of long-memory, depending on α and β (the parameter that characterizes the long-memory), the autocovariances converge to either (i) functionals of α/2-stable processes; (ii) Rosenblatt processes (indexed by β, 1/2<β<3/4); or (iii) functionals of Brownian motions. The rates of convergence in these limits depend on both the tail index α and whether or not the linear process is short- or long-memory. Our weak convergence is established on the space of càdlàg functions on [0,1] with either (i) the J <sub>1</sub> or the M <sub>1</sub> topology (Skorokhod, 1956); or (ii) the weaker form S topology (Jakubowski, 1997). Some statistical applications are also discussed.