Re: st: esttab error - too many base levels specified

[Tim Wade <wadetj@gmail.com>]

try using -fvset-, e.g.,

fvset base 1 state
fvset base 1 year

this might be relevant:

http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2010-12/msg00235.html

hope this helps. Tim



On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Deborah Goldschmidt
<dgoldjunk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running a bunch of regressions, storing the results, and trying to
> output the results using esttab. Whenever I run my regressions and include
> state or year dummies, esttab gives me the error "too many base levels
> specified" (even though the dummies aren't included in the table).  If I run
> the regressions without the state & year dummies, there's no problem. Is
> there any way to fix this, so that I can include the dummies in my analysis
> and still get the table I want?
>
> Thank you!
> debbie
>
> here is some of my code:
> eststo clear
> eststo y1Reg: reg y1 law i.state i.year, cluster(state)
> eststo y2Reg: reg y2 law i.state i.year, cluster(state)
> eststo y3Reg: reg y3 law i.state i.year, cluster(state)
>
> esttab y* using myfile.tex, replace b(a2) se ///
>            dropped(---) star(* 0.1 ** 0.05 *** 0.01) ///
>            mlabels(, none) label nogaps nonotes noobs ///
>            noconstant keep(law) ///
>            nolines delimit(&) end(\\) posthead("\addlinespace") ///
>            nonumbers  ///
>            varwidth(46) modelwidth(21) ///
>            noisily
>
>
> too many base levels specified
> r(198);
>
>
>
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