Re: st: RE: Questions for Subsample

[Zhang Fanfan <zffddff@gmail.com>]

Hi Nirup,

I have got dv(cash dividend) to capture the dividend paying of firms. 

While what I want to know is how to build two groups, one of which paid dividend every year and the other one paid no dividend or skipped dividend. 

For example:
treg blev tang mtb logsale prof if dv>0, fe

This subsample fixed effect cannot capture firms that paid dividend in some years while paid nothing in other years.

Cheers,
Fanfan

在 25/08/2013，1:33 AM，Nirup M Menon <nmenon@gmu.edu> 写道：

> Fanfan,
> To clarify: Are you asking which variable(s) in CompuStat helps you determine whether a company has paid a dividend in a year or not? 
> Nirup
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> Subject: st: Questions for Subsample
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> Dear Stataisters,
> 
> I get the Compustat North America Annual data from 1980 to 2012, and I want to run a fixed effect regression for two groups, one of which is firms paying divined every year and the other group is firms paying no dividend or skipping dividend. My question is how to build these two groups? How to distinguish firms skipped dividend with firms paying dividend every year?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Regards,
> Fanfan.
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