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alexprocmixed
Calcite | Level 5

Hello,

i want to estimate a model where around 5000 firms are nested in 30 industries and i have five observations per firm over the years 2004-2008.

I want to estimate the portion of variance in firm profits that is explained by the factor 'firm' and the portion explained by the 'industry'. Additionally i want to get the firm specific time effect (residual).

I use proc mixed:

proc mixed noclprint covtest;

class firm industry;

model profit = /solution ddfm=bw;

random intercept/sub=firm;

random intercept/sub=industry;

run;

the result i get shows me that i only have one subject instead of 5000. How can i tell sas that i have multiple observations per firm? i'm not sure how and if i have to use the 'repeated' option here? i dont find any examples with repeated observations per subject and two additional  levels (firm and industry in this case)

would be nice if you could help me!

Thanks Alex

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SteveDenham
Jade | Level 19

Alex,

Perhaps you could try:

proc mixed noclprint covtest;

class firm industry year;

model profit = year/solution ddfm=bw;

random intercept/sub=firm;

random intercept/sub=industry;

repeated year/sub=firm*industry type=ar(1);

run;

However, I am going to guess that this may be somewhat intensive for proc mixed.  You may wish to consider, if you have access to it, PROC HPMIXED.

Steve Denham

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