On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 02:33 AM, Rajiv wrote:
I have T months of data for N firms such that there are T rows for
each of
the N firms. How do I set up a simple counter in Stata to reflect
time and
that varies from 1 to 12 and repeats itself for each of the N records?
Thanks!
If it is really a balanced panel:
g t=mod(_n-1,12)+1
(which will mess up if it is unbalanced)
or
by firm: g t = _n
(which will work if it is unbalanced, but not if firms' data start in
different months)
Kit
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