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Re: st: egen command, multiplication


From   Scott Merryman <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: egen command, multiplication
Date   Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:12:48 -0500

bys Individual (Year):gen runningproduct = exp(sum(ln(Return)))

Scott


On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:00 AM, André Gyllenram
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a simple problem. For every individual I want to compute the return of their investment from the beginning of the investment until the end.
>
> My data looks like this
>
> Individual   Year   Reurn
> 1            1       1,1
> 1            2       1,2
> 1            3       1,02
> 1            4       1,08
>
> 2            1       1,3
> 2            2       1,8
> 2            3       1,7
>
> So in this example what i want to do is that i want to compute the total return for individual 1 and 2. For individual 1 I want to compute 1.1*1.2*1.02*1.08. And for individual 2 I want to compute 1.3*1.8*1.7. I have 270000 individuals.
>
> Can I do this in a simple way. I would be easy to use the egen command. But egen cannot be combined in this way. Or at least i don't know how.
>
> Kind regards
> André
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