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Residual check

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:35 am
by jlbrillet
Hello,

Sometimes the "d=f" option in the SOLVE statement does not work. It seems to use data from the previous period uinstead of the present one.

This is true even for simple equations (and easy to control manually) such as : x = y + z.

Jean Louis Brillet.

Re: Residual check

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:08 am
by EViews Gareth
Could you give us a more concrete example?

Re: Residual check

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:33 am
by jlbrillet
Sorry, this bug seems to have disappeared with EViews 6.

I just ran the very same program on the very same files with the two versions. 6 works, not 5.

In an equation for labour productivity :

PL = Q / LF

Version 5 actually computed :

PL = Q(-1)/LF

Both Q and LF appear as lagged in other parts of the program, Q with lag 2.

Jean Louis B.

Re: Residual check

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:10 am
by EViews Gareth
ok.

Obviously we're no longer fixing bugs in EViews 5, so we probably fixed it at some point in 6.

Re: Residual check

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:59 am
by EViews Glenn
You should check your copy of EViews 5 against the final version posted in the downloads area.