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st: GMM bug when clustering on string var
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st: GMM bug when clustering on string var
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Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:20:23 -0500
Julian Reif <[email protected]> pointed out that -gmm- with a string
cluster variable produces incorrect standard errors.
This problem will be fixed in a future update. For the time being, Julian
should use a numeric variable that encodes the clusters as he did in his
examples.
Here are some details drawn from his examples that illustrate the exact
problem and the work around.
Julian considered a regression of -y- on -x-. He defined -string_i- to be
the string variable with the cluster information, and -i- to be a numeric
variable with the same cluster information. Julian then showed that
> gmm (y - {b1}*x1 - {b0}), instruments(x1) onestep vce(cluster i)
produced correct standard errors while
> gmm (y - {b1}*x1 - {b0}), instruments(x1) onestep vce(cluster string_i)
did not.
--Rafal
[email protected]
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