--- Serguei Kaniovski <[email protected]> wrote:
> how can I implement coefficient constrains in a STATA panel
> regression? The "xtreg" command does not seem to take the "cons"-
> option.
True, one work around that will work in some instances is to create
variables that impose the constraint that you want. A common constraint
is that the effects of two variables are equal. In that case you can
create a new variable equal to the sum of the two variables and add
that to your model (and leave the two variables out). The reason for
that is as follows. Your unconstrained model is:
y = b0 + b1 x1 + b2 x2 + ...
You want to constrain b1 to be equal to b2, so you can just as well
write:
= b0 + b1 x1 + b1 x2 + ...
which you can simplify as:
= b0 + b1 (x1 + x2) + ...
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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