xsmle code shows conformability error

[Monica Jaison]

I tried running the xsmle code and it returns the following error. I would like to know if the problem is with the weighting matrix or the panel dataset. Panel dataset is strongly balanced. Kindly suggest a way out.

spmat import myobj using 2011cut.gwt, geoda
spmat getmatrix myobj W
getmata (x*)=W
spmat save myobj using a.dta, replace


spmat dta q x*, normalize(row)

spmat summarize q
spmat summarize q, links
spmat summarize q, links detail

 xsmle a pe t h p w po f a n i.month, fe wmat(q) emat(q) model(sac)
                       *:  3200  conformability error
            _xsmle_est():     -  function returned error
                 <istmt>:     -  function returned error
r(3200);

[Thielemans Gert]

Hi Monica,

I had the same problem and just figured it out so I thought I might chime in, if not for you, then for future users with the same problem. Here's how I fixed it:

1) Make sure your data is strongly balanced
2) Make sure the matrix you build using spmat has the right dimensions
---> this is where it went wrong for me. I built the matrix on the original dataset, but after balancing the panel this meant that some of the observations were dropped and the two did not match anymore.

hope this fixes your (or anyone's) problem!

gr

G