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Re: st: Error 3499 using synth ("emptymat() not found")
From
Chris Hajzler <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: Error 3499 using synth ("emptymat() not found")
Date
Sun, 2 Mar 2014 19:48:11 -0400
Thank you, Nick. Your helpful advice has solved my problem. (And my
apologies for missing these items in the FAQ.)
Best wishes,
Chris
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> You should, as advised in the Statalist (not Statlist) FAQ,
>
> 1. explain where user-written packages you refer to come from (-synth-
> is from SSC)
>
> 2. give full references.
>
> In this case, and with a Stata that old, the problem is that the Mata
> library needed by the program is not (yet) visible.
>
> You might try advice at e.g.
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2007-10/msg00784.html or
> restarting Stata. If that doesn't work, you probably didn't install
> all the files needed.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> On 2 March 2014 21:30, Chris Hajzler <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear Statlist,
>>
>> I am using Stata 10.1 on OSx 10.9. I am trying to run the "synth"
>> package for Abadie et al's synthetic control method. I was getting
>> one type of error initially, and managed to correct this by updating
>> my version as was suggested in the Statalist archives, using
>>
>> - update all
>> - update swap
>>
>> and reinstalling the synth package. However, now when I use the
>> following synth command
>>
>> synth y x1 x2, trunit(1) trperiod(2005001) nested keep(r_p_1_2005001,replace)
>>
>>
>> I encounter the following error:
>>
>> <istmt>: 3499 emptymat() not found
>>
>> immediately following the "First Step: Data Setup" output. I'm not
>> sure what it means.
>>
>> I am just wondering if anyone has any experience with this, and if
>> anyone has any suggestions on how to address this issue.
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