Mark,
The problem is that when I do
xtdata lremmetal lrepmetalg lrecmetalg lrgdp95pcm lrgdp95pcx lbrer btmetal,
fe
the variable "year" disappears
I thought I could get away including "year" in xtdata, and then taking the
integer of year (as tsset didn't take non-integers):
xtdata lremmetal lrepmetalg lrecmetalg lrgdp95pcm lrgdp95pcx lbrer btmetal
year, fe
replace year=int(year)
tsset mx year
and get similar results to my -newey2- with the individual (fe) dummies, so
it does seem to be doing the job (at least in a few regressions I tried so
far). The problem is that this changes the years in a non-systematic way and
I cannot recover them in the original way.
Maybe your xtivreg2 would help... Do you plan to post it when it's "ready"?
Many thanks again,
Andrea
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Schaffer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: st: Newey-West (also follows xtivreg2)
> Andrea,
>
> From: "Andrea Molinari" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: st: Newey-West (also follows xtivreg2)
> Date sent: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:25:45 +0100
> Send reply to: [email protected]
>
> > Mark,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply. Sorry I was unclear. I did apply -xtdata, fe-
only to
> > the variables of my regression:
> >
> > xtdata lremmetal lrepmetalg lrecmetalg lrgdp95pcm lrgdp95pcx lbrer
btmetal,
> > fe
> >
> > but got the tsset error.
>
> You must be doing something that messes up your panel/year variables.
>
> Try cutting down the number of commands to the minimum that produces
> the error. For example, what happens when start with your
> untransformed dataset and issue just the following 3 commands, in
> this order:
>
> tsset mx year
>
> xtdata lremmetal lrepmetalg lrecmetalg lrgdp95pcm lrgdp95pcx lbrer
> btmetal, fe
>
> tsset mx year
>
>
> --Mark
>
>
> >
> > I don't have the same problem with -xtreg, fe-, but this command does
not
> > allow me to estimate robust or AC standard errors (at least with my 8.2
> > version).
> >
> > Any further ideas?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Andrea
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Schaffer" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Cc: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:13 AM
> > Subject: Re: st: Newey-West (also follows xtivreg2)
> >
> >
> > > Andrea,
> > >
> > > The problem is that
> > >
> > > xtdata, fe
> > >
> > > is being applied to every variable in your dataset, including your
panel
> > > and time variables. This is why -tsset- complains - the transformed
> > > variable year is now in mean-deviatin form.
> > >
> > > You should list the variables explicitly and then things should work.
> > >
> > > Also, do you have the same problem with your dummies if you use
xtreg,fe?
> > > If so, then my almost-but-not-quite-ready -xtivreg2- won't be of any
help.
> > >
> > > --Mark
> > >
> > > > Appologies if this message comes across twice, I'm having problems
with
> > my
> > > > server this morning...
> > > > ----------------------
> > > > Clive,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your suggestion. I didn't show an output because I was
just
> > > > trying to find a more efficient and less time-consuming solution to
> > > > estimating a fixed effects model which has HAC-corrected standard
> > errors.
> > > > I tried -ivreg2- and it works fine for pooled OLS, but, as
with -newey2-
> > > > (and
> > > > as far as I understood), it would only estimate a fixed effects
model
> > when
> > > > introducing the dummies myself (hence running the risk of some of
them
> > > > being dropped. Do you know of any other way?
> > > >
> > > > I tried first converting the data with -xtdata,fe- (following what
> > Joanna
> > > > found in the archive), but when I then try to run ivreg2 I get an
error
> > > > message. What I did was:
> > > >
> > > > use datas.dta, clear
> > > > iis mx
> > > >
> > > > tis year
> > > >
> > > > tsset mx year
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > xtdata, fe
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ivreg2 lremmetal lrepmetalg lrecmetalg lrgdp95pcm lrgdp95pcx lbrer
> > btmetal
> > > > rcametalx, bw(2) robust small
> > > > must tsset data and specify timevar
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ************
> > > >
> > > > and if I do (again):
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > tsset mx year
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I get the error message:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "time variable must contain only integer values"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I hope that's clearer than in my previous email. I saw a reply by
Mark
> > > > Schaffer saying that he had a version of -xtivreg2- for fixed
effects,
> > and
> > > > it would be great trying it... Any suggestions would be more than
> > > > welcomed!!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Andrea
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > > > -------------
> > > >
> > > > Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:01:02 +0100 (BST)
> > > > From: "Mark Schaffer" <[email protected]>
> > > > Subject: Re: st: XTIVREG2
> > > >
> > > > Joana,
> > > >
> > > > I have a working version of "xtivreg2", but it does only fixed
effects
> > > > estimation.
> > > >
> > > > However, I'm not sure that you actually have a problem. When doing
a
> > > > Hausman test for endogeneity in IV estimation, the differenced
variance
> > > > matrix typically isn't of full rank. -hausman- will print out a
warning
> > > > that "(V_b-V_B is not positive definite)", but it doesn't indicate
that
> > > > anything is actually wrong.
> > > >
> > > > If you try doing the endogeneity test for simple IV estimation that
is
> > in
> > > > the manuals somewhere, you'll probably find that the same warning
> > message
> > > > appears.
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helps.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Clive Nicholas" <[email protected]>
> > > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 8:20 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: st: Newey-West
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Andrea Molinari wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > I am trying to estimate a fixed effects model with
heteroscedasticity
> > > > and
> > > >> > serially correlated corrected standard errors. I am currently
using
> > > >> > -newey2- and including the fixed effects as dummies, but I
thought
> > > >> that
> > > >> > maybe STATA has a safer (as some of the dummies get dropped on
the
> > > >> way, > changing the interpretation of other dummies in the model)
and
> > > >> more
> > > >> > efficient way (it takes me quite a while to estimate each
> > > > specification).
> > > >>
> > > >> [...]
> > > >>
> > > >> You show no output, which hinders us from giving you any proper
help. I
> > > >> would suggest trying Baum/Schaffer/Stillman's -ivreg2- with
> > the -bw(2)-,
> > > >> -robust- and -small- options switched on and see what happens.
> > > >>
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