Region Fixed Effects

[Harry Toube]

Hi all!

My data is in panel form and consists of rows containing unique locations and columns with variables pertaining to those locations. Each row has a Year associated with it and my dataset is spread across five years in total. I have tagged each location with a macroregion to which it belongs. Since there are multiple locations within each macroregion, I cannot use xtset to form my data with a panel variable and a time variable.

. xtset AgriculturalYearbook Year
repeated time values within panel

I would very much appreciate any help!

Yours,
Harry Toube

[Parul Gupta]

It is not too clear what you are asking for. If you can share an excerpt of your dataset (or its structure), it might help. You already have a column with "year/time" variable so can't see what is the problem.

[Carlo Lazzaro]

Harry:
the reply to your answer is conditional on needing (or not) time-series operators (such as lags and leads) in your -xtreg,fe- regression equation.
If you do not need them, you can safely -xtset- your dataset with -panelid- only and include -i.timevar- in your regression equation.
Conversely, if you need time-series operators you should find more detailed dates for your observations.