st: Re: close, horseshoes, hand grenades

[baum <baum@bc.edu>]

--On Tuesday, November 5, 2002 2:33 -0500 Chris wrote:

> Dear Statalisters:
>
> I wish to merge two datasets based on three variables: (1) Year (2)
> Industry and (3) Total assets.  The first two variables have to be
> identicial but the third does not have to be.  In other words, I have a
> list of firms whereby I would like to find another firm that, in the same
> year and industry has the closest total assets.
findit psmatch

Kit


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