st: ln1=0 for missing values

[fatma bircan <bircan@metu.edu.tr>]

Fatma Bircan
Middle East Technical University
Department of Economics
210-2032


Is there any problems with assuming that the dependent variable takes
the value of 1 when it is missing to make the ln(dep. var.) equal to
zero.


THANK YOU

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