Hi all,
I am new to Stata, and will appreciate your help.
I have a variable called "M" in a longitudinal panel containing firms'
data over years.
To calculate "Uncertainty" for all firms in year T, I need to
calculate the standard deviation of "M" in years T-1, T-2 and T-3. In
Year T+1, I will have to calculate the st dev of "M" in years T, T-1
and T-2, and so on. An "if" statement will require to check whether
this next row reflects the same firm or not by checking if
FirmNumber_T=FirmNumber_T-1=FirmNumber_T-2 and so on.
I could not find answer in the documentation I saw.
Please help
Thanks
Ari Dothan
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