--- Song <[email protected]> wrote:
> My data shows a exponential decay pattern and I want to estimate
> exponential decay parameter. How can I estimate 'd' in the following
> model using Stata?
>
> Sales(at t) = M*exp(-d*t)
>
> M: initial sales
> t: time
> d: decay parameter
you can create a new variable ln(Sales) and do a normal regression of
ln(Sales) against t:
ln(Sales) = ln(M*exp(-d*t))
ln(Sales) = ln(M) + ln(exp(-d*t))
ln(Sales) = ln(M) + -d*t
The constant is ln(initial sales)
the effect of t is -d
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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