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What does " does not satisfy this property" mean? How far is it off? Too far
away for comfort? In my example, it is quite close, but that may mean
different things to different people...
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sysuse auto, clear
prob for we rep tr tu
margeff
di in red _b[weight]/_b[trunk]
qui mat A=e(margeff_b)
di in red A[1,1]/A[1,3]
di in red _b[weight]/_b[turn]
di in red A[1,1]/A[1,4]
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HTH
Martin
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Gesendet: Montag, 27. April 2009 16:23
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Betreff: st: questions using "margeff"
I just used the "margeff" module to compute the average partial effect
(APE), and found the following problem:
Suppose a probit mode is:
Y* = a1*x1 + a2*x2 + e;
y = 1 if Y* > 0; and = 0 if otherwise.
I would think that a1/a2 must be equal to APE(x1)/APE(x2) because
APE(x1) = 1/n *sum(a1*normpdf(a1*x1+a2*x2))
APE(x2) = 1/n *sum(a2*normpdf(a1*x1+a2*x2))
But the APE estimates produced by margeff does not satisfy this property.
Anyone can advise?
Many thanks.
Wei Jiang
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