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| From | "Eric Uslaner" <euslaner@gvpt.umd.edu> |
| To | <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | st: Instrumental Variable |
| Date | Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:00:37 -0400 |
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:02 AM, donsaane <donsaane@yahoo.fr> wrote: > I have an endogeneity problem with one my variables : corruption and I want > to control it with an instrumental variable: amount of bribes averages per > industry. > > Is there any stata command to compute the average ? How can I construct my > instrumental variable? Sorry, but trying to instrument corruption with bribes paid is like trying to instrument Fahrenheit temperature with Celsius (from someone who has published a university press book on corruption). Find a better instrument. * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/