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Re: st: some questions on ivreg2


From   "Tamazian, Artur" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: some questions on ivreg2
Date   Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:25:10 +0200

installing -ivreg2- again.

Mensaje citado por Andrea Molinari <[email protected]>:

> Thanks, Mark
> It seemed that the only way in which I was able to replace the older version
> was to first delete the previous version of ivreg2 (2.0.0) from my hard
> drive...
> Andrea
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Schaffer" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: st: some questions on ivreg2
>
>
> > Andrea,
> >
> > Which version of -ivreg2- do you have?  In Stata, type
> >
> > which ivreg2
> >
> > to find out.  It should be 2.1.09; if it isn't, you don't have the most
> > up-to-date version.
> >
> > It's possible that you are clicking on the wrong package when you get the
> > list from -findid ivreg- (a common mistake).  st0030_1 is only the last
> > software update announced in the Stata Journal.  Further down the list
> > you'll see "ivreg2 from http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/i";, which is the
> > latest version.
> >
> > --Mark
> >
> > > Dear Statalisters,
> > >
> > > I have a dataset with 420 pairs of countries over 22 years. As a first
> > > step,
> > > I estimate a pooled OLS model to test for the endogeneity of three of my
> > > regressors. I have encountered some problems, which I could not solve
> with
> > > the -ivreg2- help or Baum, Schaffer and Stillman (2003) article. I list
> > > some
> > > of these problems or questions below, and would really appreciate any
> > > ideas/suggestions/comments.
> > >
> > > 1. When I use the option -orthog- to test for the exogeneity of the
> > > instruments, and get the following message:
> > >
> > > Collinearity/identification problems in restricted equation:
> > >   C statistic not calculated for orthog option
> > >
> > > I tried including only the excluded exogenous variables, and these
> > > together
> > > with the included (exogenous) regressors, but got the same message in
> both
> > > cases.
> > >
> > > 2. Some of the postings suggest to use the -small- option, and I was
> > > wondering what would be a rule of thumb to consider one's sample as
> > > 'small'.
> > > I've got 9041 observations in my panel, but will use a maximum of 420
> when
> > > I
> > > run year-cross sections...
> > >
> > > 3. I received the notification of an improvement in the -ivreg2- ado,
> but
> > > after updating it (using -ssc install ivreg2, replace-), when I type:
> > >
> > > help ivreg2
> > >
> > > I get the same help file as before. the system only seems to find the
> > > previous file (st0030_1) and it says that it's already installed.
> > >
> > > Am I doing something wrong here?
> > >
> > >
> > > Many thanks in advance for your comments!
> > > Andrea
> > >
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> >
> >
> > Prof. Mark Schaffer
> > Director, CERT
> > Department of Economics
> > School of Management & Languages
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