You could try:
xtreg output L.taxrate,fe i(id)
(note: "L" instead of "l")
HTH,
Philipp
Xiaoheng Zhang wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I have a balanced panel for 16 countries,10 years(1993 to 2002).I use the
> following command to estimate a linear panel date model
> 
> . tsset id year
>        panel variable:  id, 1 to 15
>         time variable:  year, 1993 to 2002
> 
> . xtreg output l.taxrate,fe i(id)
> time-series operators not allowed
> 
> What might be the problem?I checked the data set it is good,no missing value for
> "output" and "taxrate" and they are balanced.Very odd.Thanks in advance.
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Xiaoheng Zhang(Kevin)
> 
> 
> 
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