Re: st: Panel data - Finding repeated time values in observations

[Kyle Hood <kyle.hood@yale.edu>]

You can also use duplicates tag, I think the syntax is

. duplicates tag name yr_mo, gen( duplicatetag )

Kyle

On Thu, 24 May 2007, Michael Crain wrote:

> My data set is panel data.  I am trying to define the data set as time series 
> with the -tsset- command (tsset name yr_mo) but I am getting a message that I 
> have repeated time values within the panel.
>
> I have a large number of observations.  What is the most efficient way to 
> identify the repeated time values (other than visually inspecting every 
> observation)?
>
> Thank you.
>
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