Andrea Rispoli wrote:
> It is an Herfindahl index of concentration, it ranges from 0 to 1 (in
> principle) : in my specific case:
>
> Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max
> -------------+--------------------------------------------------------
> H | 213620 .0190621 .0920916 0 .6477536
Why not simply take the reciprocal of H? That would give you a scale
with no upper limit and would permit you to use -regress-.
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