Hi Clive - The original project was to try and get a "trend" of GDP over
time, with the residuals as the fluctuations around that trend. Then, I
would use both the trend and the flucuations as regressors in my second
stage model. Again, this was a few years ago, and I am trying to dust
off the model and see if it makes sense to revisit it. I know a lot
more now than I did then - I'm going to have to rethink the whole thing.
I wish I had consulted Statalist then!
Thanks so much.
-Rachel
Rachel Bouvier
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Southern Maine
11 Chamberlain Avenue
Portland, ME 04104
(207) 228-8377
>>> [email protected] 09/16/05 3:58 AM >>>
Rachel Bouvier wrote:
[...]
> My first model is regressing the log of GDP on the year (ie, 1996) and
> the square of the year (ie, 3984016). Originally, I ran this model
> separately for 30 countries. I then obtained the predicted value of
the
> log of GDP for each of those countries (by using -predict-) and used
it
> in a second model.
[...]
Perhaps I've missed something, but I really _don't_ see the logic in
generating a quadratic term from a variable that merely records the
year.
Why not use year dummies instead?
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