st: AW: subsample estimation in xtabond

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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You can read up on this issue on page 89 of manual [U]:

" Stata uses a double equal sign to denote
equality testing and one equal sign to denote assignment"


Further down, page 145:

" Observe that the relational operator for equality is a pair
of equal signs. This convention distinguishes relational equality from the
=exp assignment phrase."



HTH
Martin


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Betreff: st: subsample estimation in xtabond

I have indicator variables (e.g., China=1, 0=otherwise) and would like
to use the "IF" feature in xtabond to only include observations for
China in the estimation.  However, when I type "china=1" under the
"IF: (expresion)" line , I get an "=exp not allowed error."  Is there
a quick fix here?  Thanks so much.
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