Re: st: TS Var Panel Data error - Repeated Time Values in Sample

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

This is an FAQ

FAQ     . . . . . .  Dealing with reports of repeated time values within panel
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox and M. Mulcahy
        12/05   How do I deal with a report of repeated time values
                within panel?
                http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/repeatedtime.html


Michael K Romano

> I was wondering if someone might have some information on what to do
> with a situation I'm currently running into with my data.  I am
> attempting to run a TS var commands in Stata 10 using a panel data-set
> of approximately 171 countries from 1960 to 2000.  Stata will allow me
> to run [tsset panelid time], however when i attempt to use the varbasic
> syntax i get the following error:
>
> repeated time values in sample
> r(451);
>
> I searched through the literature and some of the related posts from the
> Stata support website, but have not found any indication as to how I
> might fix this issue.  The closest I got to a solution was to ensure
> that i identified a unique panel id when using tsset, which I had done
> already.

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