One possible explanation could be you have defined company B twice in
country 1 and country 2.
On 11/17/08, Shahzad, Muhammad <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My data has the following "shape":
>
> Country Year Company Industry Variables
> Country1 2000 CompanyA IndX V1 V2 VN
> Country1 2000 CompanyB IndY V1 V2 VN
> Country1 2001 CompanyA IndX V1 V2 VN
> ...
> Country1 2006 CompanyD IndZ V1 V2 VN
> .
> Country2 2000 CompanyB IndY V1 V2 VN
> ..
> Country2 2006 CompanyJ IndX V1 V2 VN
> ...
> CountryN 2006 CompanyN IndN V1 V2 VN
>
>
> When I try to define it as a panel using country and year as the panel and
> time variables respectively, I get the error message " repeated time values
> in sample". Obviously the combination of country and year is not uniquely
> defining each observation. What should I do in this case to define this data
> as a panel in order to utilize the --xt-- family of commands?
>
> Your help and suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Ali Shahzad
> [email protected]
>
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