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

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

A better guess is this. -varbasic- does not support simultaneous
application to panel data. It applies only to individual time series.

Nick

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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