Re: st: computing growth rates by country

[Daniel.Hoechle@unibas.ch]

Sumiter,

I think you can solve your problem by simply typing:

gen lngdp=ln(gdp)
sort Country Year
by Country: gen lngrowth = lngdp-lngdp[_n-1]
by Country: egen avg_lngrowth = mean(lngrowth)

Best,
Daniel


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