Why don`t you try with xtabond2? may be it`s works and you could do the
same estimation
Ines
> A question on xtabond usage. I haave a panel of observation that I
> try to set with tsset, as below
>
> > tsset index year, yearly
> > panel variable: index, 1 to 323
> > time variable: year, 1995 to 2003
>
> Now, if I try to proceed to xtabond I get the error message
>
> > timevar (year) may not contain missing values when option full is
> specified
>
> So, I try a tsfill, or fillin, and I always get the following error
> message
>
> >no room to add more observations
> > An attempt was made to increase the number of observations
> beyond what is currently possible. You
> > have the following alternatives:
> >
> > 1. Store your variables more efficiently; see help compress.
> (Think of Stata's data area as the
> > area of a rectangle; Stata can trade off width and
> length.)
> >
> > 2. Drop some variables or observations; see help drop.
> >
> > 3. Increase the amount of memory allocated to the data area
> using the set memory command; see
> > help memory.
> >r(901);
> >
> >end of do-file
>
> No matter what I do (increase the mem to 100m, compross, drop
> variables as to leave my dataset at only 100k and with only 10 data
> series, or all of this together, nothing works, the same error message
> as above appears. Any suggestions?
>
> Best,
>
> Lucio.
>
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