I have an unbalanced panel dataset of the following form (simplified):
data have;
input ID YEAR EARN LAG_EARN;
datalines;
1 1960 450
1 1961 310 450
1 1962 529 310
2 1978 10
2 1979 15 10
2 1980 8 15
2 1981 10 8
2 1982 15 10
2 1983 8 15
2 1984 10 8
3 1972 1000
3 1973 1599 1000
3 1974 1599 1599
;
run;
I now want to estimate the following model for each ID:
proc reg;
by ID;
EARN = LAG_EARN;
run;
However, I want to do this for rolling windows of some size. Say for example for windows of size 2. The window should only contain non-empty observations. For example, in the case of firm A, the window is applicable from 1961 onwards and thus only one time (since only one year follows after 1961 and the window is supposed to be of size 2).
So that finally, I get a table with year columns and firm rows. The table should indicate the following: The regression model (with window size 2) has been performed one time for firm A. The quantity of available years, has only allowed one estimation of this model. Put differently, in 1962 the coefficient of the regression model has a value of X based on the 2 year prior window. Applying the same logic to the other two firms, one can get the following table. "X" representing the respective estimated coefficient value in certain year for firm A/B/C based on the 2-year window and "n" indicating the non-existence of such a value:
data want;
input ID 1962 1974 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984;
datalines;
1 X n n n n n n
2 n n X X X X X
3 n X n n n n n
;
run;
I do not know how to execute this. Furthermore, I would like to create a macro that allows me to estimate different rolling window models while still creating analogous output dataframes. I would appreciate any help with it, since I have been struggling quite some time now.
If you do an internet search for "Rolling Window Regression in SAS", you find a number of solutions, one involving no macros (that's the one I recommend) and several involving macros. So there's no need for you to write macro (or non-macro) code yourself.
You would have to modify those codes to account for the unbalanced nature of your data.
Thanks for the reply. Yea I came across those. But I do not know how to adjust those methods accordingly. That is my issue.
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