Rolan Paul Veron Cruz
2012-Jan-16 07:56 UTC
[R] Problems with plm's pgmm: changing results
Hello, I'm a newbie with R, and this is my first time to post here. ?Apologies in advanced if I should be posting my question on another list. I'm working on a problem on Arellano and Bond's GMM estimator, and I've chosen to use plm/pgmm. ?My issue is, I'm getting different results from pgmm() every time I run it. ?Here's my code: library(plm) mydata = read.csv('mydata.csv') ab = pgmm(formula = y ~ lag(y,1), data = mydata, gmm.inst=~lag(gmm_inst,1), effect = "individual", model="onestep") coef(ab) I noticed that every time I run the last 2 lines, I get different results after a few or so runs. ?Sometimes, I get an error, then in the next run, I get results. ?I can't figure this out, and I'm a bit desperate for a light at the end of the tunnel. I'm attaching the data file I'm using. ?It's a N=150, T=30 panel data with practically only one variable. ? Thank you very much! Rolan