Marck,
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> Marck Bulter
> Sent: 09 December 2007 17:24
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> Subject: st: stata drops variable at random
>
> Dear all,
>
> Currently I am working on a panel data regression. Main
> problem is that Stata drops variables at random immediately
> after a performed regression.
> For example if the following regression is performed:
>
> xtivreg pstrmon price mat age coup pstrmonprev pstrprev intr
> ivol compl (precmon = price mat age coup pstrmonprev pstrprev
> intr ivol compl
> precmonprev)
>
> Stata drops often one of the above variables, or the ID-var
> or the Time-Var
There's a basic misunderstanding here. In
xtivreg y x1 x2 x3 (y1 y2 y3 = z1 z2 z3)
the sets of xs, ys and zs shouldn't overlap: the xs are the included
exogenous regressors, the ys are the included endogenous regressors, and
the zs are the excluded instruments.
In your example, you have included all your xs in the list of zs.
Naturally, Stata finds collinearities and drops variables. The right
way to run the regression in your example is
xtivreg pstrmon price mat age coup pstrmonprev pstrprev intr
ivol compl (precmon = precmonprev)
Cheers,
Mark
> Any help would be very much appreciated, not much hair left,
>
> Kind regards,
> Marck Bulter
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