[R] Tobit Fixed Effects

Joshua Wiley jwiley.psych at gmail.com
Sun Sep 25 02:30:39 CEST 2011


On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Felipe Nunes <felipnunes at gmail.com> wrote:
> That was a great idea, Josh!
> I found a problem even when I tried a simple model. Do you have any idea
> why?

I forgot you were using a pdata.frame----censReg hands off estimation
in part to plm, which wants between and within effects.  Eventually it
uses the model matrix (which in this example is just a column of 1s),
and tries to drop the intercept to fit the within effects.
Essentially along the lines of:

X <- matrix(1, nrow = 10) # nrow would really be nrow(pdata2)
X <- X[, -1, drop = FALSE]
## now look at X
X
dim(X)

hence the error.  Looks like you will need at least one variable to
circumvent this.

> tob6 <- censReg(transfers.cap ~ 1, left=0, right=Inf, method="BHHH",
> nGHQ=20, iterlim=10000, data = pdata2)
> Error in uniqval[as.character(effect), , drop = F] :
>   incorrect number of dimensions
> thanks!
> Felipe Nunes
> CAPES/Fulbright Fellow
> PhD Student Political Science - UCLA
> Web: felipenunes.bol.ucla.edu
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Joshua Wiley <jwiley.psych at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Can you fit a simpler model successfully?  I would play around with
>> all your RHS variables to try to see if there is any particular one
>> that causes the estimation problems.  Two ways I would do this would
>> be to drop them one at a time, or to start from an intercept only
>> model (i.e., transfers.cap ~ 1) and if that runs successfully, build
>> up one at a time until I started to get errors.  I would also, to the
>> extent possible, look at the individual and joint distributions of the
>> variables.  Missing cases are probably dropped before starting the
>> estimation, so looking at the joint distributions on na.omit(pdata2)
>> may be more fruitful than on pdata2 itself.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Josh
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Felipe Nunes <felipnunes at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Arne,
>> >
>> > my problem persists. I am still using censReg [version - 0.5-7] to run a
>> > random effects model in my data (>50,000 cases), but I always get the
>> > message.
>> >
>> > tob7 <- censReg(transfers.cap ~ pt.pt + psdb.pt + pt.opp + pt.coa +
>> > psdb.coa
>> > + pib.cap + transfers.cap.lag + pib.cap + ifdm + log(populat) +
>> > mayor.vot.per + log(bol.fam.per+0.01) + factor(uf.name) + factor(year) -
>> > 1,
>> > left=0, right=Inf, method="BHHH", nGHQ=8, iterlim=10000, data = pdata2)
>> >
>> > Error in maxNRCompute(fn = logLikAttr, fnOrig = fn, gradOrig = grad,
>> > hessOrig = hess,  :
>> >  NA in the initial gradient
>> >
>> > If I sent you my data set, could you try to help me? I have been
>> > struggling
>> > with that for two months now.
>> >
>> > I hope you can help!
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > *Felipe Nunes*
>> > CAPES/Fulbright Fellow
>> > PhD Student Political Science - UCLA
>> > Web: felipenunes.bol.ucla.edu
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Felipe Nunes <felipnunes at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> *Felipe Nunes*
>> >> CAPES/Fulbright Fellow
>> >> PhD Student Political Science - UCLA
>> >> Web: felipenunes.bol.ucla.edu
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:19 AM, Arne Henningsen <
>> >> arne.henningsen at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi Felipe
>> >>>
>> >>> On 18 September 2011 09:09, Felipe Nunes <felipnunes at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> > Thanks, Arne!
>> >>> > But I'm having another problem now. When I transform my data into a
>> >>> > pdata.frame form and try to run a tobit model with random effects I
>> >>> > get
>> >>> an
>> >>> > error. Below I provide the head of my data, the code I used and the
>> >>> error
>> >>> > message. Any help?
>> >>> >> head(pdata)
>> >>> >                                    X   X.1 year mun.cod uf.cod
>> >>> > uf.name
>> >>> >  mun.name       uf.mun
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2003  ACACRELANDIA-2003     1 2003 1200013     12
>> >>> >  AC
>> >>> > ACRELANDIA  ACACRELANDIA
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2004    CEIBIAPINA-2003  5561 2004 1200013     12
>> >>> >  AC
>> >>> > ACRELANDIA  ACACRELANDIA
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2005     MGARACUAI-2007 11121 2005 1200013     12
>> >>> >  AC
>> >>> > ACRELANDIA  ACACRELANDIA
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2006 MGSAO GERALDO-2006 16681 2006 1200013     12
>> >>> >  AC
>> >>> > ACRELANDIA  ACACRELANDIA
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2007 PBSERTAOZINHO-2005 22241 2007 1200013     12
>> >>> >  AC
>> >>> > ACRELANDIA  ACACRELANDIA
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2008        PRPIEN-2008 27801 2008 1200013     12
>> >>> >  AC
>> >>> > ACRELANDIA  ACACRELANDIA
>> >>> >                   transfers populat agric.pib indust.pib servic.pib
>> >>>  apu.pib
>> >>> >  tax.pib       pib
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2003       920    8695  31744.92   5292.439   26942.19
>> >>> 15955.14
>> >>> > 4527.178  68506.73
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2004         0   10668  48947.97   9353.529   33134.56
>> >>> 19922.54
>> >>> > 5825.801  97261.86
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2005     49287   11451  56291.90  11214.051   39326.32
>> >>> 23340.46
>> >>> > 7661.003 114493.30
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2006    385000   11786  55290.26  11976.119   46405.99
>> >>> 27401.64
>> >>> > 7730.059 121402.40
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2007   1599730   11520  68478.03  15526.679   54555.67
>> >>> 31382.93
>> >>> > 7550.055 146110.40
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2008   1295000   11987  61736.50  12812.245   63688.96
>> >>> 37518.87
>> >>> > 7824.615 146062.30
>> >>> >                   bol.fam      ifdm mayor.party mayor.num
>> >>> >   mayor.name mayor.vot
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2003       0 0.4225000        PSDB        45
>> >>> > SEBASTI\xeaO
>> >>> > BOCALOM RODRIGUES      2394
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2004     402 0.3943083        PSDB        45
>> >>> > SEBASTI\xeaO
>> >>> > BOCALOM RODRIGUES      2394
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2005     742 0.5401000        PSDB        45
>> >>> > SEBASTI\xcdO
>> >>> > BOCALOM RODRIGUES      2173
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2006     779 0.5138000        PSDB        45
>> >>> > SEBASTI\xcdO
>> >>> > BOCALOM RODRIGUES      2173
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2007     932 0.5109000        PSDB        45
>> >>> > SEBASTI\xcdO
>> >>> > BOCALOM RODRIGUES      2173
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2008     968 0.5593250        PSDB        45
>> >>> > SEBASTI\xcdO
>> >>> > BOCALOM RODRIGUES      2173
>> >>> >                   mayor.vot.per
>> >>> >  mayor.coalt voters.able
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2003        0.5901 PSDB / PT / PC do B / PV / PMN / PSB
>> >>> > /
>> >>> PPS /
>> >>> > PDT        6422
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2004        0.5901 PSDB / PT / PC do B / PV / PMN / PSB
>> >>> > /
>> >>> PPS /
>> >>> > PDT        6422
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2005        0.4082               PP / PDT / PMDB / PPS
>> >>> > /
>> >>> PFL /
>> >>> > PSDB        6422
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2006        0.4082               PP / PDT / PMDB / PPS
>> >>> > /
>> >>> PFL /
>> >>> > PSDB        6422
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2007        0.4082               PP / PDT / PMDB / PPS
>> >>> > /
>> >>> PFL /
>> >>> > PSDB        7548
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2008        0.4082               PP / PDT / PMDB / PPS
>> >>> > /
>> >>> PFL /
>> >>> > PSDB        7548
>> >>> >                   presd.turnout lula.vot lula.vot.per transfers.cap
>> >>> pt.dummy
>> >>> > pres.turnout.cap
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2003          4282     2202      0.51425     0.1058079
>> >>>    0
>> >>> >        0.4924669
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2004          4282     2202      0.51425     0.0000000
>> >>>    0
>> >>> >        0.4013873
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2005          4282     2202      0.51425     4.3041656
>> >>>    0
>> >>> >        0.3739411
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2006          4282     2202      0.51425    32.6658748
>> >>>    0
>> >>> >        0.3633124
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2007          5461     2422      0.44400   138.8654514
>> >>>    0
>> >>> >        0.4740451
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2008          5461     2422      0.44400   108.0337032
>> >>>    0
>> >>> >        0.4555769
>> >>> >                     pib.cap mun.vote mun.vote2 mun.vote3
>> >>> > mayor.party.r
>> >>> > mayor.party.r2 lula.vot.weight
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2003  7.878865        1        PT      0.PT
>> >>> > 0
>> >>> > 2.Opposition    5.084315e-06
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2004  9.117160        1        PT      0.PT
>> >>> > 0
>> >>> > 2.Opposition    5.084315e-06
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2005  9.998542        1        PT      0.PT
>> >>> > 0
>> >>> > 2.Opposition    5.084315e-06
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2006 10.300560        1        PT      0.PT
>> >>> > 0
>> >>> > 2.Opposition    5.084315e-06
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2007 12.683194        0      PSDB    1.PSDB
>> >>> > 0
>> >>> > 2.Opposition    5.592285e-06
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2008 12.185059        0      PSDB    1.PSDB
>> >>> > 0
>> >>> > 2.Opposition    5.592285e-06
>> >>> >                   trans.dummy transfers.cap.lag     year2 district
>> >>> > term
>> >>> > pt.pt pt.coa pt.opp psdb.pt
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2003           1                NA 2003-2004   PT/Opo
>> >>> >  0
>> >>> > 0      0      1       0
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2004           0                NA 2003-2004   PT/Opo
>> >>> >  0
>> >>> > 0      0      1       0
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2005           1         474.56074 2005-2006   PT/Opo
>> >>> >  0
>> >>> > 0      0      1       0
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2006           1          22.94781 2005-2006   PT/Opo
>> >>> >  0
>> >>> > 0      0      1       0
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2007           1           0.00000 2007-2008 PSDB/Opo
>> >>> >  1
>> >>> > 0      0      0       0
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2008           1           0.00000 2007-2008 PSDB/Opo
>> >>> >  1
>> >>> > 0      0      0       0
>> >>> >                   psdb.coa psdb.opp time transf.log
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2003        0        0    1  -2.236723
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2004        0        0    2  -6.907755
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2005        0        0    3   1.459816
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2006        0        0    4   3.486362
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2007        0        1    1   4.933513
>> >>> > ACACRELANDIA-2008        0        1    2   4.682453
>> >>> > tob6 <- censReg(transfers.cap ~ pt.pt + psdb.pt + pt.opp + pt.coa +
>> >>> psdb.coa
>> >>> > + transfers.cap.lag + pib.cap + ifdm + log(populat) + mayor.vot.per
>> >>> > +
>> >>> > bol.fam + factor(uf.name) + factor(year), left=0, right=Inf,
>> >>> method="BHHH",
>> >>> > nGHQ=15, data = pdata)
>> >>> > Error in maxNRCompute(fn = logLikAttr, fnOrig = fn, gradOrig = grad,
>> >>> > hessOrig = hess,  :
>> >>> >   NA in the initial gradient
>> >>>
>> >>> Please try to use the latest development version of the censReg
>> >>> package, i.e. version 0.5-7 which is available at R-Forge [1] (see
>> >>> [2], [3], and [4]).
>> >>>
>> >>> [1] https://r-forge.r-project.org/R/?group_id=256
>> >>> [2] http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e15/help/11/09/7037.html
>> >>> [3] http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e15/help/11/09/7288.html
>> >>> [4] http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e15/help/11/09/7307.html
>> >>>
>> >>> /Arne
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Arne Henningsen
>> >>> http://www.arne-henningsen.name
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Joshua Wiley
>> Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology
>> Programmer Analyst II, ATS Statistical Consulting Group
>> University of California, Los Angeles
>> https://joshuawiley.com/
>
>



-- 
Joshua Wiley
Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology
Programmer Analyst II, ATS Statistical Consulting Group
University of California, Los Angeles
https://joshuawiley.com/



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