Svetlana,
Quoting Svetlana Mira <[email protected]>:
> Dear All,
>
> I have a problem understanding how Stata computes the results for a
> two-way error component model (xi: reg y i.idfirm i.idtime x1) and
> hopefully somebody will be able to help me with this. In the case of
> a fixed effects model, we can obtain the results in Stata either by
> using xtreg, areg or simply based on the demeaned values using
> regress option. Can we apply the last option (demeaning) for the two-
> way error component model? (i.e., can we run a two-way error
> component model based on the mean differences)? If so, what means
> shall we extract?
>
> For instance, if we run xi: reg y i.idfirm i.idtime x1 the obtained
>
> results are not equal to the results based on
>
> regress y x2, where x2=x1-x(meanidfirm)-x(meanidtime)
>
> Or as suggested by Green (1997)
>
> regress y x3, where x3=x1-x(meanidfirm)-x(meanidtime) + x(firm-year
> specific mean).
I am pretty sure that if you check Greene, you'll find that this is the
formula for obtaining the 2-way error components estimate for a balanced
panel using mean deviations. If the panel is unbalanced, the mean-deviation
approach requires calculations that are somewhat more involved. Baltagi's
book "Econometric Analysis of Panel Data" has a discussion of this.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Mark
> Does Stata use a specific procedure to run a two-way error component
> model different from the ones mentioned above? Any suggestions or
> comments are more than appreciated.
>
> Many thanks for your help,
> Svetlana
>
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