Nishant:
A very nice explanation of this issue can be read at:
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/stat/mfx_eyex.html
HTH,
Maarten
--- Nishant Dass <[email protected]> wrote:
> My understanding of the different "options" in -mfx- is the
> following:
>
> When regress y on x, use "eyex" for elasticity of y w.r.t.
> x
> When regress y on lnx, use "eydx" for elasticity of y
> w.r.t. x
> When regress lny on x, use "dyex" for elasticity of y
> w.r.t. x
> When regress lny on lnx, use "dydx" for elasticity of y
> w.r.t. x
>
> I suppose, my question should have been posed as: is the
> above interpretation correct?
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