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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: generate regression coefficients as varaibles |
| Date | Wed, 9 Jan 2013 21:33:34 +0000 |
The syntax diagram for -forval- doesn't include your syntax; what is
not allowed is forbidden.
You will have to nest loops.
forvalue y=2001/2012 {
i= 1/37 {
> reg Wscaled Wone Wscaled_ch WPPE if sic== `i' & datayearfiscal==`y'
> replace coefficientCon = _b[_cons] if datayearfiscal==`y' & sic==`i'
> }
>
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Nahla Betelmal <nahlaib@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for your kind reply, and the simplification.
>
> I meant by not working is that i only managed to get the coefficients
> for every year (y) but in each industry (SIC).
> As I have 37 industries, I had to repeat the loop 37 times and hence
> got 37 new variables for the constant coefficient instead of have one
> constant variable that gathers the constant coefficients for all
> industries in every year.
>
> I was thinking about
>
> gen coefficientCon=.
> forvalue y=2001/2012 & i= 1/37 {
> reg Wscaled Wone Wscaled_ch WPPE if sic== `i' & datayearfiscal==`y'
> replace coefficientCon = _b[_cons] if datayearfiscal==`y' & sic==`i'
> }
>
> but I got : invalid syntax r(198);
>
> Is there a way to make forvalues accept years `y' and industries `i'
> simultaneously! if not, is there another way to do it?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Nahla
>
>
>
> On 9 January 2013 18:37, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You don't explain what "is not working" means. This is crucial.
>>
>> Your code appears more complicated than needed, but I can't see a bug.
>>
>> gen coefficientCon=.
>> forvalue y= 2001/2012{
>> reg Wscaled Wone Wscaled_ch WPPE if dind1 & datayearfiscal==`y'
>> replace coefficientCon = _b[_cons] if datayearfiscal==`y'
>> }
>>
>> See also -statsby-.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 6:30 PM, Nahla Betelmal <nahlaib@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Dear Statalist helpers,
>> >
>> > I am applying a cross sectional regression for 37 industries (i.e.
>> > dind) over 11 fiscal years. I need to
>> > extract the coefficients of each industry/year to substitute in a sub-sample.
>> >
>> > I tried this loop but it is not working:
>> >
>> > gen coefficientCon=.
>> > forvalue y= 2001/2012{
>> > reg Wscaled Wone Wscaled_ch WPPE if dind1 & datayearfiscal==`y'
>> > scalar bvar=_b[_cons]
>> > gen bvar=_b[_cons] if datayearfiscal==`y'
>> > replace coefficientCon= bvar if datayearfiscal==`y'
>> > drop bvar
>> > }
>> >
>> > the out put I hope to get is silmilar to this in the edit file
>> >
>> > year industry coefficientCon coefficientb1 coefficientb2
>> > 2001 dind1 0.2324 1,4356 8.98
>> > 2002 dind1 0.654 1.445 3.98
>> > .
>> > .
>> > 2011
>> > 2001 dind2 0.343 .4344 2.3434
>> > .
>> > .
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