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Re: Re: st: outreg2 and beta coefficients
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Christopher Baum <[email protected]>
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Re: Re: st: outreg2 and beta coefficients
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Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:40:13 -0400
On Aug 13, 2011, at 2:33 AM, John wrote:
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> By the way, what the point of beta coefficients, and who uses them?
People who don't understand elasticities.
beta coefficients express the effect of a one sd change in x on y, in terms of sd units of y. In that sense they can express
'bang for the buck' when regressors do not have natural units; e.g., indices of political freedom, economic freedom, etc.
But an economist would naturally just calculate elasticities (using -margins-) to get at this issue.
Kit
Kit Baum | Boston College Economics & DIW Berlin | http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
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An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata | http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html
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