st: re: ML program and ML maximize help

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

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global stock

program define lesmond
	version 10.1
	args todo b lnf
	tempvar alpha1 alpha2 beta sigma last
	mleval `alpha1' = `b', eq(1)
	mleval `alpha2' = `b', eq(2)
	mleval `beta' = `b', eq(3)
	mleval `sigma' = `b', eq(4)
// MY_panel contains the panel ID
local by $stock
sort `by'



I don't think this has anything to do with ML.  Your 'global stock'  
defines the macro $stock as empty, and then you say

local by $stock

which will cause the local to be empty, and then you

sort `by'

which evaluates to

sort


It is true that sort requires a varlist. This is why you're getting a  
`varlist required' error. Define the stock macro as having some  
content and it should work (or at least give you a new, interesting  
error message).

Cheers
Kit

Kit Baum, Boston College Economics and DIW Berlin
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html


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