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The line
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bysort cy: gen kstck = 0
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is no different from - gen kstck = 0- as there is nothing specific about
"cy" in the -generate- statement.
You -generate- one "kstck", but then -replace- several others, like
"kstck1992". Make sure they do exist the moment you want to -replace- them!
What is the error message?
HTH
Martin
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Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. September 2009 13:30
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Betreff: st: about 'forvalues' loop
dear statalist,
sorry again to bother you with some very stupid question but I'm
getting stuck again on some simple matter that I believe is in the
writing of scalar.
the story is that I have a panel data and I'ld like to generate a new
variable called kstck (by country (cy)).
so I run this loop:
bysort cy: gen kstck = 0
reshape wide gdp gfc kstck, i(cy) j(yr)
* Calculate capital stock from 1990 to 2000 using the following
formula (where gfc* is the investment in year *)
bysort cy: replace kstck1990 = gfc1990
forvalues i = 1991/2000 {
bysort cy: replace kstck`i' = .93*kstck`i-1' + gfc`i'
}
However, it is not giving me the required result of the recursive
summation. why ?
any advice would be most welcome.
and many thanks in advance.
Marwan
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