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

[Deborah Goldschmidt <dgoldjunk@gmail.com>]

This worked perfectly! Thank you!!!


On 3/19/12 12:33 PM, Tim Wade wrote:
> 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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