Just taking a guess here...
your model
y=x1^b1*x2^b2*x3^b3+e
has no intercept... so try adding the " , nocons " option to your statement
(y= , nocons)
also try putting parenthesis around your arguments like...
(x1^`theta1') *(x2^`theta2')*(x3^`theta3')
(at least this is what i interpret your above eq. to mean... but
without the parenthesis it is hard to know if you mean that rather
than
x1^(b1*x2^(b2*x3^b3)) or than
(x1^b1)*x2^(b2*x3^b3)
)
One question that comes to mind is why not assume altogether a
multiplicative error term so that your model is
y=x1^b1*x2^b2*x3^b3*e
if this were the case then you couldsimply take logs and apply a
linear regression... but of course I ignore whether you have
theoretical reasons that prevent you from assuming that....
hope this helps,
robert
On 7/24/05, Paulo Regis <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> I am working with nonlienar least squares (nl) and maximum likelihood (ml) estimators since I have a nonlinear specification. My problem is I cannot find the appropiate notation for my log likelihood function. My dependent variable (y) has a normal distribution. the model is:
>
> y=x1^b1*x2^b2*x3^b3+e
>
>
> I checked "Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Stata" (gould and Sribney). In page 45, they present the programme to estimate:
>
> y=b0+b1*x1+b2*x2+b3*x3^b4
>
> which is:
>
> program define linreg
> version 8.0
> args lnf theta1 theta2 theta3 theta4
> quietly replace `lnf'= ln(normd(($ML_y1-`theta1'-
> `theta2'*x3^`theta3')/`theta4'))-ln(`theta4')
> end
> ml model lf linreg (y = x1 x2) /beta3 /beta4 /sigma
> ml maximize
>
> So, i tried something similar
>
> program define linreg
> version 8.0
> args lnf theta1 theta2 theta3 theta4
> quietly replace `lnf'= ln(normd(($ML_y1-x1^`theta1'
> *x2^`theta2'*x3^`theta3')/`theta4'))-ln(`theta4')
> end
> ml model lf linreg (y=) /beta1 /beta2 /beta3 /sigma
> ml maximize
>
> but it did not work. I am not sure if the problem is my notation for the log likelihood function in the programme in lines 4-5 or the "ml model" statement in line 7.
> I would appretiate any suggestion.
>
> Cheers - Paulo
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