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I am hoping to be able to perform a match-merge of 2 data sets where both s=
ets have unique (country, date) observations [where the date variable is a =
STATA numeric date], but the dates in the 2 data sets, are not a direct mat=
ch.=A0 The countries will match, and what I would like STATA to do is match=
the dates in memory to the closest preceding dates in the "using" data set=
, for any given country.=A0 I would also like to perform a separate merge, =
having STATA choose the closest following date in the data set.=A0 I have n=
o programming experience in STATA, but it seems like there should be a way =
to accomplish this.=A0 My three questions for the list are as follows:
1. Is there a simple way to accomplish this with the merge command that I h=
ave simply missed in reading everything I can find about merge?
2. Has someone already created a program to do what I am trying to accompli=
sh?
3. If the answers to 1 & 2 are "no", does anyone have suggestions for where=
I would begin to learn how to write such a program?
Thanks!
Emily Beaulieu
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Kentucky
1615 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington, KY 40506
(859) 257-9677
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