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Re: st: problem with repeated time values within panel
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: problem with repeated time values within panel
Date
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:19:29 +0100
Panel data analysis doesn't require -xtset panelid year-. For what you
describe, -xtset panelid- sounds a more natural set-up. That doesn't
rule out using -year- as a covariate.
But all depends on what kind of analysis you have in mind, which isn't
specified here.
Nick
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:02 PM, S.H. Former <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to perform a panel data analysis but I have some problem with my data. For each entity (companies in my case) I am looking at the patents they have assigned. Only some companies have assigned multiple patents in certain years. So for example, company X has assigned 4 unique patents in 1999. Stata gives the command that there are repeated time values within the panel. I understand that this is a problem but each patent is a different one and should be included. Has anyone got a solution for me so that I still can use the database?
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