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To capture the marginal effect in a variable,
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vers 10.1
sysuse auto, clear
reg mpg length turn
mfx
mat A= e(Xmfx_dydx)
gen mymargeffect= A[1,1]
l mymargeffect in 1/10, noo
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HTH
Martin
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Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. September 2009 15:55
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Betreff: st: Creating a variable taking the value of elasticity
Dear Statalist,
I have a simple dataset containing two variables, x and y.  I regress
ln(y) on ln(x) and observe the coefficient on x as elasticity.  I then
want to create a variable taking the value of this coefficient.  How
would I do this?  Something like local elas=e(b); gen elas=`elas',
except e(b) contains all the coefficients, and I just want one.
A related question: when I regress y on x and then input "mfx, eyex,"
the ey/ex value is not the same as the coefficient I obtain using
regress ln(y) ln(x).  Why?  Also: how would I extract the ey/ex value
from the mfx output in order to create a variable taking that value?
Thank you,
Dorothy
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