--- Choudry T Shehzad <[email protected]> wrote:
> Now I want to make another variable that contains initial value of
> GDP fixed (for all years) equal to e.g. value of GDP in year 1885
> corresponding to each country.
bys country (year): gen initgdp = gdp[_n==1]
bys country (year): replace initgdp = sum(initgdp)
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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