Extreme Bound Analysis Results Interpretation

[Aman Takiyar]

Hi All,

I got the following result after running an extreme bound analysis.

gfc, gfcf, infl, popgr, to, tot, llock are the variables that appear in all the regressions.
fdini is the variable of interest.
polity2, cor, ge, ps, rq, rl, va are other potential control variables.
gdppcgr is the dependent variable.

eba gdppcgr fdini polity2 cor ge ps rq rl va, x(gfc gfcf infl popgr to tot llock) detail type(3)
z1 z2 z3 1 4.6472645 .00320803 .15240717 .90371552
z1 z2 z4 1 3.0548062 -.00257979 -.12230341 .922524
z1 z2 z5 1 3.919754 .00126325 .06002498 .96183271
z1 z2 z6 1 6.1878181 -.00076388 -.03625275 .97693089
z1 z2 z7 1 3.6349709 -.00070261 -.03365616 .97858191
z1 z3 z4 1 2.3002324 .00368973 .17499878 .88970914
z1 z3 z5 1 5.5216174 .00479687 .22801675 .85728006
z1 z3 z6 1 5.6181717 .00470837 .22387925 .85978612
z1 z3 z7 1 3.1569164 .00162142 .07706948 .95103284
z1 z4 z5 1 2.0866983 .0030853 .14589109 .90777349
z1 z4 z6 1 3.1105747 .00127314 .06022497 .96170584
z1 z4 z7 1 2.2323534 -.00442695 -.21014918 .86813372
z1 z5 z6 1 4.5545945 .00357673 .1696774 .89299911
z1 z5 z7 1 2.7914491 -.0006536 -.0310681 .98022779
z1 z6 z7 1 3.8547575 -.00260347 -.12367798 .92166196
z2 z3 z4 1 4.8191953 .00221314 .10758012 .93177476
z2 z3 z5 1 6.8219852 .00381441 .18573088 .88309218
z2 z3 z6 1 7.0903535 .00264684 .12899079 .91833287
z2 z3 z7 1 4.6707268 .00344555 .16758468 .89429454
z2 z4 z5 1 4.038815 .00040825 .01985424 .98736206
z2 z4 z6 1 6.0524855 -.00058906 -.0286741 .9817505
z2 z4 z7 1 3.2560699 -.00147631 -.07204387 .95421455
z2 z5 z6 1 7.1446962 .00091743 .04468834 .97156943
z2 z5 z7 1 3.8615916 .00093359 .04548912 .97106068
z2 z6 z7 1 6.8034697 -.00276362 -.13459017 .91482905
z3 z4 z5 1 5.7203054 .00533139 .25922867 .8385243
z3 z4 z6 1 7.5384178 .00553112 .2688928 .83277299
z3 z4 z7 1 3.0974302 .00289881 .14055224 .91110399
z3 z5 z6 1 7.2717772 .006164 .30013074 .81437648
z3 z5 z7 1 5.7568231 .00437667 .21266793 .86659884
z3 z6 z7 1 7.1319551 .00368098 .17891625 .88729092
z4 z5 z6 1 6.7978168 .00376513 .18257896 .88503294
z4 z5 z7 1 2.9073579 .00042755 .02068883 .98683096
z4 z6 z7 1 4.8576789 -.0002627 -.01272858 .99189717
z5 z6 z7 1 6.1259589 .00178423 .0864996 .94506937

Result of EBA on fdini at .95 confidence level and maximum VIF = 10000

Dvar = gdppcgr
X    = [gfc gfcf infl popgr to tot llock]
Z    = [polity2 cor ge ps rq rl va]

No bounds found at the suggested confidence level 
and/or maximum VIF.
Try relaxing the constraints in the level(#) and/or vif(#) options.
        beta         t      p-val        .95 C.I.        VIF    Zs
-----|---------|---------|--------|---------|---------|-----------------------
 min         .      []
 Max -1.00e+07      []
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A total of 35 combinations of 3 regressors from the Z(nx7) vector were used.

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Can someone please explain why am I getting the following message:

No bounds found at the suggested confidence level 
and/or maximum VIF.
Try relaxing the constraints in the level(#) and/or vif(#) options.

Thanks,
Aman
Stata 14.0