Re: st: Problem with paneldata

[Thomas Gericks <ThomasGericks@web.de>]

I changed the time series to quartal.

it says:

. xtset gvkey2 quartal
 panel variable:  gvkey2 (unbalanced)
 time variable:  quartal, 5 to 199, but with gaps
 delta:  1 unit

when i now try:

gen lag_saleq = L.saleq

it gives me the error: "Not sorted"

before i used datadate! 

there it gave me:


. xtset gvkey2 datadate
 panel variable:  gvkey2 (unbalanced)
 time variable:  datadate, 30 Apr 61 to 31 Dec 09, but with gaps
 delta:  1 day

The delta is wrong. it should have been. quarterly.

I have no idea how to solve this problem.

Thanks


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Scott Merryman <scott.merryman@gmail.com>
Gesendet: 16.06.2010 21:22:32
An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Betreff: Re: st: Problem with paneldata

What does -xtset- report? Does the time variable have gaps?   Is the
delta set appropriately?

Scott


On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Thomas Gericks  wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am working with panel data.
>
> Therefore i declared it as paneldate, saying:
>
> xtset gvkey (company name) datadate(time)
>
> Now, when i try to work with lagged values, i.e.
>
> gen lag_saleq = L.saleq
>
> It doesnt show me any errors but the varlist lag_saleq is always empty, instead of having the value of the last time period.
>
> What do i do wrong? Can anyone help me?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Thomas Gericks
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