Dear Statalist members,
I have a panel data with each firm located in a particular state in the US.
firmid year state var1 var2 var3..........
0001 1992 ME
0001 1993 ME
0001 1994 ME
0001 1995 ME
0002 1992 MA
0003 1993 MA
0004 1994 MA
0005 1995 MA
How can I generate a state dummy for each observation?
Best,
Alice
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