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Lian,
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> Sent: 26 November 2008 18:40
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> Subject: st: Question about options of "xtreg, re"
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> Dear Stata experts,
>
> I have panel data from a designed experiment.
> And I am running a xtreg, re. I need to suppress the intercept.
> However Stata 10 doesn't allow this option. Is there a rationale for
> this ? And
> if anyone can suggest other options, I'd highly appreciate it.
Maarten and Kit have suggested caution in constraining the intercept to
zero, and I share this view. But if you must, -xtgee- will estimate
population-averaged random-effects models and it accepts the -nocons-
option.
Caveat emptor, though!
Cheers,
Mark
Prof. Mark Schaffer
Director, CERT
Department of Economics
School of Management & Languages
Heriot-Watt University
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