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Re: st: GMM, Error 506: positive definite initial weight matrix
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Stas Kolenikov <[email protected]>
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Re: st: GMM, Error 506: positive definite initial weight matrix
Date
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:50:39 -0400
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Richard Kendall-Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to run a system of equations using the gmm command. When I
> estimate the two equations separately the program runs perfectly. However,
> when I try and estimate the two equations simultaneously I receive error
> 506 stating that the initial weight matrix is not positive definite. Any
> ideas on how I might resolve this would be greatly appreciated.
You would certainly want to start by providing the syntax you typed
in, and the output Stata provided. -winit(id)- is often a reasonable
choice.
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Stas Kolenikov, also found at http://stas.kolenikov.name
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