can we check existance of fixed effects?

[Ravi]

I am trying to extract fixed effects associated with all the existing equation objects in my workfile

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equations = app.Lookup("*","equation",1) For Each equation In equations command = "freeze(mode=overwrite,script_temp_fe) " & equation & ".effects" app.Run(command) command = "script_temp_fe.save " & output & "\\Effects\\" & equation & ".effects" app.Run(command) next

this works fine if all by equations have fixed effects
but if one of them does not then the script crashes with an error message

Equation does not contain this type of fixed or random effects

is there a way by which I can check if any kind of effects exist with the equation before executing the freeze command
OR
some way in which i can override the error message and the script continues with the next equation

-Thanks
Ravi

[EViews Gareth]

You can pull the equation's options command into a string, using the @options data member of an equation. You can then check whether those options contain the "cx=f" option.

[Ravi]

Thanks Gareth, that was helpful.
My current working code snippet looks some thing like :

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temp = app.Get(equation & ".@options") If Left(temp,4) = "CX=F" then If Not objFSO.FolderExists(output & "\\Effects") Then objFSO.CreateFolder(output & "\\Effects") End If command = "freeze(mode=overwrite,script_temp_fe)" & equation & ".effects" app.Run(command) command = "script_temp_fe.save " & output & "\\Effects\\" & equation & ".effects" app.Run(command) End If

[EViews Gareth]

That code assumes that the cx=f option is the first option, which might be fine, but in general is not safe.

[EViews Glenn]

Took me a while to figure this one out (sorry ), but it just came to me...You can use the fact that any fixed effects specified in a panel are treated as nuisance parameters and are not saved in the coefficient vector.

Suppose you have equation EQ01.

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!ncoefs = EQ01.@ncoefs

gives you the total number of estimated parameters including the fixed effects since those are relevant for inference.

However.

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!nsubcoefs = @rows(EQ01.@coef)

will give you the number of coefficients not including the nuisance parameters.

Comparing the two should give you the required info...