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| From | Bob Reed <bob.reed@canterbury.ac.nz> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | st: Question about average marginal effects for logit models with dummy variables |
| Date | Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:11:13 +0000 |
Hi, When Stata calculates AMEs for logit models with dummy variables, does it "know" that the dummy variable is discrete, and calculate its marginal effect accordingly? Bob Reed -------------------------------------------------------------------- W. Robert Reed Professor and Head of Department Department of Economics and Finance University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800 Christchurch New Zealand Phone: +64-3-3642846 Fax: +64-3-3642635 Email: bobreednz@yahoo.com Homepage: http://www.econ.canterbury.ac.nz/personal_pages/bob_reed/ Replications Co-Editor, Public Finance Review http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdEditBoards.nav?prodId=Journal200768 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. - F.A. Hayek This email may be confidential and subject to legal privilege, it may not reflect the views of the University of Canterbury, and it is not guaranteed to be virus free. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and erase all copies of the message and any attachments. Please refer to http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/emaildisclaimer for more information. * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/