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From | "Dimitriy V. Masterov" <dvmaster@gmail.com> |
To | Statalist <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | Re: st: Synth - Quarterly Data |
Date | Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:14:50 -0700 |
I am away from my computer so I cannot be 100% certain, but I believe this is because the syntax calls for a numeric list and you're using strings. Try doing something like `=tq(2007q1)'. DVM On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Fonseca-Ferreira,V (pgt) <V.Fonseca-Ferreira@lse.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am studying counter factual GDP responses of the 2004 European Union entrants during the crisis in the absence of the Euro, and I intend to use the Synthetic Control Group Method from Alberto Abadie (synth command in stata). > I have been trying to run it with quarterly data,but Stata does not seem to be able to recognize it, even though it seems to understand that I am working with quarterly data, according to the tsset function: > > . tsset Country date > panel variable: Country (strongly balanced) > time variable: date, 1993q2 to 2013q4 > delta: 1 quarter > > When I try to run : > synth ln_GDP ln_GDP_1 ln_C ln_I ln_GC ln_X ln_M , trunit(33) trperiod(2007q1)figure counit(6 16 21 22 28) xperiod(1995q2(1) 2006q4) mspeperiod(1995q2(1) 2006q4) resultsperiod(1995q2(1) 2013q3) nested keep(Slovenia) > > I get the error message "trperiod() invalid -- invalid number r(121);" where trperiod(2007q1) is the period the treatment "Euro" was introduced in Slovenia. I believe the problem lies in the "q" in "2007q1", and that this would also be a problem for xperiod; mspeperiod; and resultsperiod. Any ideas on how can I correct this? > > > Thanks, > Best Regards, > > Vitor Ferreira > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/