Creat Opposite Variable

[Lucian Lipciuc]

Hello

I generated a variable to identify zombie firms with this coomand "gen Zombie = (l2.icr <1 & l1.icr < 1 & icr < 1 & age >= 10)".
How can I generate a variable for the rest of the firms, like nonZombie firms?

Thanks in advance!

[Mike Lacy]

It appears that nonZombie firms will have a 0 for the Zombie variable, presuming your logical expression is as you intend, so I don't think you'd need any variable to identify the non-Zombies. Perhaps I misunderstand.

[Lucian Lipciuc]

I need a variable for nonZombie because I want to use it in a regression.

[Stephen Okiya]

Hi Lucian,

Mike is completely right. The variable you generated can easily identify non-zombie firms. Below is an example code

gen nonZombie = (Zombie == 0)

Alternatively, you can use the code

gen nonZombie= !(l2.icr <1 & l1.icr < 1 & icr < 1 & age >= 10)

Thanks