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Re: st: RE: Using lagged variables in panel data analysis
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Edward James <[email protected]>
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Re: st: RE: Using lagged variables in panel data analysis
Date
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:31:10 +0900
Thanks, Nick.
I will try following your suggestion.
2012/1/18 Nick Cox <[email protected]>:
> No; I don't mean that.
>
> First, -tsset- (or -xtset-) is not a prerequisite for using subscripts.
>
> Second, I am as said recommending -tsset- (or -xtset-) followed by
> time series operators such as L.
>
> Time series operators do the right thing with panels and they do the
> right thing with gaps in the data.
>
> This is all well documented: e.g. start with -help tsvarlist-.
>
> Nick
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Edward James <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Thank you Nick.
>>
>> You mean do I have to conduct -tsset- command first and then make
>> lagged variables using -x[_n-1]-?
>>
>>
>>
>> 2012/1/18 Nick Cox <[email protected]>:
>>> It is usually better to create lagged variables with panel data using -tsset- or -xtset- followed by L.
>>>
>>> You will always have the problem that there is no value before the first.
>>>
>>> -drop-ping the first in each panel just makes your plight worse by throwing away some of your data. It can't solve this problem.
>>>
>>> On the whole, you need do nothing here: Stata's time series and panel commands do what they can with missing values, which usually means ignoring them.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>> [email protected]
>>>
>>> Edward James
>>>
>>> I have a question for conducting a panel data analysis.
>>>
>>> I make some lagged variables using "x[_n-1]" commands from 1980 to
>>> 2007 and want to conduct GLS.
>>>
>>> When I make lagged variables, is the case of the first period supposed
>>> to be "."? But it has a unknown value as you can see below.
>>>
>>>
>>> +----------------------------------------+
>>> country year cpiannual lcpiann~l
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>> 197. Germany 1980 5.441055 1.488074
>>> 198. Germany 1981 6.344242 5.441055
>>> 199. Germany 1982 5.241046 6.344242
>>> 200. Germany 1983 3.293413 5.241046
>>> 201. Germany 1984 2.405797 3.293413
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>
>>> In this case, should I drop the case of 1980?
>>>
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