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Re: st: inconsistent results for two-dimensions fixed effects regressions using xtreg reg areg ivreg2


From   Michael Barker <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: inconsistent results for two-dimensions fixed effects regressions using xtreg reg areg ivreg2
Date   Wed, 14 Aug 2013 09:29:12 -0400

Hi Nahla,

You are actually running several different models there. I'll describe
each one below, so you can see how they differ:

> 1) xi: reg DV IV i.year, vce (cluster industry)
- Year fixed effects only.
- Include one dummy variable for each year:

> 2) xtset firm year then xtreg DV IV i.year, fe vce (cluster industry)
- Year and firm fixed effects
- Equivalent to including one dummy for each year and one dummy for each firm.
- xtreg includes fixed effects for the panel variable, firm and you
include year dummies manually

> 3) egen industry_firm= group (industry firm) then xtset industry_firm year then  xtreg DV IV i.year, fe vce (cluster industry)
- year and industry-firm level fixed effects
- equivalent to including one dummy for each year and one dummy for
each industry-firm combination
- apparently no firm is in multiple industries, so this regression is
equivalent to regression 2.

> 4) tsset industry_firm year then ivreg2  DV IV,cluster ( industry_firm year)
- No fixed effects
- You didn't specify the endogenous / IV variables, so this is just a
regular regression with clustered standard errors
- This is equivalent to "reg  DV IV,cluster ( industry_firm year)"

> 5) areg DV IV, absorb ( year ) cluster (industry)
- Year fixed effects only
- Equivalent to regression 1, without reporting year coefficients
- Notice that the coefficient and standard error estimates are the
same as the first regression.
>

If you want firm and year fixed effects, I would use regression 2. If
you want to see equivalent results with alternative regressions, try
these:
xi: reg DV IV i.year i.firm, vce (cluster industry)
areg DV IV i.year, absorb (firm) cluster (industry)

The first suggestion might not run, since you will have to include
many dummy variables for all of your firms. You may exceed the maximum
number of variables allowed, depending on your version of Stata.

Mike




On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Nahla Betelmal <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Statalist,
>
> I have a panel data of firms and years, however, I would like to
> perform industry and year fixed effect regression. using different
> approaches, I got different IV coefficient and standard error,
> although it should be identical if I am doing it right. I would highly
> appreciate it if someone kindly explain what I am doing wrong and what
> is the right way to get industry and year fixed effects.
>
> the commands I used are:
>
> 1) xi: reg DV IV i.year, vce (cluster industry)
>
> 2) xtset firm year then xtreg DV IV i.year, fe vce (cluster industry)
>
> 3) egen industry_firm= group (industry firm) then xtset industry_firm
> year then  xtreg DV IV i.year, fe vce (cluster industry)
>
> 4) tsset industry_firm year then ivreg2  DV IV,cluster ( industry_firm year)
>
> 5) areg DV IV, absorb ( year ) cluster (industry)
>
>
> under reg command: IV = 0.386 with SE= 0.022
> under xtreg command with firm year panel set: IV =  .418 with SE= .0241
> under xtreg command with industry-firm year panel set: IV = .418 with SE= .024
> under ivreg2 command: IV = .410 with SE= .007
> under areg command: IV = 0.386 with SE= 0.022
>
>
> . xi: reg DV IV i.year, vce (cluster industry)
> i.year         _Iyear_1992-2012  (naturally coded; _Iyear_1992 omitted)
>
> Linear regression                                      Number of obs =   23830
>                                                        F( 21,    57) =  768.66
>                                                        Prob > F      =  0.0000
>                                                        R-squared     =  0.5461
>                                                        Root MSE      =   .6461
>
>                                (Std. Err. adjusted for 58 clusters in industry)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>               |               Robust
> DV                |      Coef.   Std. Err.      t    P>|t|     [95%
> Conf. Interval]
> --------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>   IV              |   .3869693   .0225831    17.14   0.000
> .3417475    .4321911
> _Iyear_1993 |    .150389   .0239546     6.28   0.000     .1024208    .1983573
> _Iyear_1994 |   .2857099   .0271864    10.51   0.000     .2312702    .3401496
> _Iyear_1995 |   .2927993   .0307951     9.51   0.000     .2311331    .3544654
> _Iyear_1996 |   .4353512   .0304859    14.28   0.000     .3743044    .4963981
> _Iyear_1997 |   .5286896   .0292151    18.10   0.000     .4701874    .5871917
> _Iyear_1998 |   .5852497   .0337522    17.34   0.000     .5176621    .6528374
> _Iyear_1999 |   .6969439   .0523892    13.30   0.000     .5920364    .8018514
> _Iyear_2000 |   .8019949   .0666928    12.03   0.000     .6684448    .9355449
> _Iyear_2001 |   .7710818   .0486744    15.84   0.000      .673613    .8685507
> _Iyear_2002 |   .6978223   .0325914    21.41   0.000     .6325592    .7630854
> _Iyear_2003 |   .6427671   .0347611    18.49   0.000     .5731593     .712375
> _Iyear_2004 |   .7757021   .0394535    19.66   0.000     .6966978    .8547064
> _Iyear_2005 |   .7806429   .0418054    18.67   0.000     .6969291    .8643566
> _Iyear_2006 |   .7746051   .0462916    16.73   0.000     .6819076    .8673025
> _Iyear_2007 |   .7758041   .0484202    16.02   0.000     .6788444    .8727639
> _Iyear_2008 |   .7734638   .0508533    15.21   0.000     .6716317    .8752958
> _Iyear_2009 |   .7319797   .0564072    12.98   0.000     .6190263    .8449332
> _Iyear_2010 |   .8741285   .0506573    17.26   0.000      .772689     .975568
> _Iyear_2011 |   .8889354   .0532101    16.71   0.000      .782384    .9954869
> _Iyear_2012 |   .8979328   .0565989    15.86   0.000     .7845956     1.01127
>         _cons |   5.403047   .1238831    43.61   0.000     5.154975    5.651118
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>  xtset firm year
>        panel variable:  firm (unbalanced)
>         time variable:  year, 1992 to 2012, but with gaps
>                 delta:  1 unit
>
> . xtreg DV IV i.year, fe vce (cluster industry)
>
> Fixed-effects (within) regression               Number of obs      =     23830
> Group variable: firm                         Number of groups   =      2312
>
> R-sq:  within  = 0.4113                         Obs per group: min =         1
>        between = 0.5998                                        avg =      10.3
>        overall = 0.5456                                        max =        21
>
>                                                 F(21,57)           =    463.93
> corr(u_i, Xb)  = -0.0970                        Prob > F           =    0.0000
>
>                               (Std. Err. adjusted for 58 clusters in industry)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>              |               Robust
> DV             |      Coef.   Std. Err.      t    P>|t|     [95% Conf. Interval]
> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>  IV              |   .4183645   .0241281    17.34   0.000     .3700488
>    .4666802
>              |
>       year   |
>        1993  |   .1560772   .0200202     7.80   0.000     .1159874     .196167
>        1994  |   .2929982   .0224807    13.03   0.000     .2479813    .3380151
>        1995  |   .3019359   .0268163    11.26   0.000     .2482373    .3556345
>        1996  |   .4272691   .0264501    16.15   0.000     .3743038    .4802344
>        1997  |   .5209287   .0266063    19.58   0.000     .4676506    .5742069
>        1998  |   .5877827   .0276877    21.23   0.000     .5323391    .6432264
>        1999  |   .6989115   .0427304    16.36   0.000     .6133453    .7844777
>        2000  |   .7988406   .0477286    16.74   0.000     .7032657    .8944154
>        2001  |   .7589164   .0375573    20.21   0.000     .6837091    .8341236
>        2002  |    .687617    .034973    19.66   0.000     .6175848    .7576492
>        2003  |   .6310008   .0488884    12.91   0.000     .5331035    .7288982
>        2004  |   .7611996   .0507837    14.99   0.000      .659507    .8628921
>        2005  |   .7687923   .0552525    13.91   0.000     .6581511    .8794336
>        2006  |   .7524079   .0609127    12.35   0.000     .6304324    .8743834
>        2007  |   .7519399   .0642041    11.71   0.000     .6233734    .8805064
>        2008  |    .750493   .0684401    10.97   0.000     .6134441     .887542
>        2009  |   .7118027    .067056    10.62   0.000     .5775254    .8460799
>        2010  |   .8504969   .0632919    13.44   0.000     .7237569    .9772368
>        2011  |   .8674839   .0664437    13.06   0.000     .7344328    1.000535
>        2012  |    .863437   .0733127    11.78   0.000     .7166308    1.010243
>              |
>        _cons |    5.18669    .152373    34.04   0.000     4.881568    5.491812
> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>      sigma_u |   .4935113
>      sigma_e |  .47151369
>          rho |  .52278302   (fraction of variance due to u_i)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> . egen industry_firm= group (industry firm)
>
> . xtset industry_firm  year
>        panel variable:  industry_firm (unbalanced)
>         time variable:  year, 1992 to 2012, but with gaps
>                 delta:  1 unit
>
>
>
>
>
> . xtreg DV IV i.year, fe vce (cluster industry)
>
> Fixed-effects (within) regression               Number of obs      =     23830
> Group variable: industry_firm                    Number of groups   =      2312
>
> R-sq:  within  = 0.4113                         Obs per group: min =         1
>        between = 0.5998                                        avg =      10.3
>        overall = 0.5456                                        max =        21
>
>                                                 F(21,57)           =    463.93
> corr(u_i, Xb)  = -0.0970                        Prob > F           =    0.0000
>
>                               (Std. Err. adjusted for 58 clusters in industry)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>              |               Robust
> DV |      Coef.   Std. Err.      t    P>|t|     [95% Conf. Interval]
> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>  IV |           .4183645   .0241281    17.34   0.000     .3700488    .4666802
>              |
>       year |
>        1993  |   .1560772   .0200202     7.80   0.000     .1159874     .196167
>        1994  |   .2929982   .0224807    13.03   0.000     .2479813    .3380151
>        1995  |   .3019359   .0268163    11.26   0.000     .2482373    .3556345
>        1996  |   .4272691   .0264501    16.15   0.000     .3743038    .4802344
>        1997  |   .5209287   .0266063    19.58   0.000     .4676506    .5742069
>        1998  |   .5877827   .0276877    21.23   0.000     .5323391    .6432264
>        1999  |   .6989115   .0427304    16.36   0.000     .6133453    .7844777
>        2000  |   .7988406   .0477286    16.74   0.000     .7032657    .8944154
>        2001  |   .7589164   .0375573    20.21   0.000     .6837091    .8341236
>        2002  |    .687617    .034973    19.66   0.000     .6175848    .7576492
>        2003  |   .6310008   .0488884    12.91   0.000     .5331035    .7288982
>        2004  |   .7611996   .0507837    14.99   0.000      .659507    .8628921
>        2005  |   .7687923   .0552525    13.91   0.000     .6581511    .8794336
>        2006  |   .7524079   .0609127    12.35   0.000     .6304324    .8743834
>        2007  |   .7519399   .0642041    11.71   0.000     .6233734    .8805064
>        2008  |    .750493   .0684401    10.97   0.000     .6134441     .887542
>        2009  |   .7118027    .067056    10.62   0.000     .5775254    .8460799
>        2010  |   .8504969   .0632919    13.44   0.000     .7237569    .9772368
>        2011  |   .8674839   .0664437    13.06   0.000     .7344328    1.000535
>        2012  |    .863437   .0733127    11.78   0.000     .7166308    1.010243
>              |
>        _cons |    5.18669    .152373    34.04   0.000     4.881568    5.491812
> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>      sigma_u |   .4935113
>      sigma_e |  .47151369
>          rho |  .52278302   (fraction of variance due to u_i)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>  ivreg2  DV IV,cluster ( industry_firm year)
>
> OLS estimation
> --------------
>
> Estimates efficient for homoskedasticity only
> Statistics robust to heteroskedasticity and clustering on
> industry_firm and fyear2
>
> Number of clusters (industry_firm) =   2312           Number of obs =    23830
> Number of clusters (fyear2) =       21                F(  1,    20) =  2849.29
>                                                       Prob > F      =   0.0000
> Total (centered) SS     =  21896.66904                Centered R2   =   0.4955
> Total (uncentered) SS   =  1891568.745                Uncentered R2 =   0.9942
> Residual SS             =   11046.6797                Root MSE      =    .6809
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>              |               Robust
> DV        |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>  IV        |    .410624   .0075071    54.70   0.000     .3959104    .4253377
>        _cons |   5.883496   .0562149   104.66   0.000     5.773317    5.993675
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Included instruments: IV
>
>
>
>
>  areg DV IV, absorb ( year ) cluster (industry)
>
> Linear regression, absorbing indicators           Number of obs   =      23830
>                                                   F(   1,     57) =     293.62
>                                                   Prob > F        =     0.0000
>                                                   R-squared       =     0.5461
>                                                   Adj R-squared   =     0.5457
>                                                   Root MSE        =     0.6461
>
>                               (Std. Err. adjusted for 58 clusters in twodigit)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>              |                     Robust
> DV           |      Coef.   Std. Err.      t    P>|t|     [95% Conf. Interval]
> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>   IV          |   .3869693   .0225831    17.14   0.000     .3417475    .4321911
>        _cons |    6.05483   .1337655    45.26   0.000     5.786969    6.322691
> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>     year |   absorbed                                      (21 categories)
>
>
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Nahla Betelmal
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