Set parameter values

[kungal]

Does anyone know how I can set the value of a coefficient?? I have the following regression:

y=a+b_1 x(-1) + b_2 x(-2) + b_3 x(-3) + b_4 x(-4)

and I want to set the values of several of the coefficients e.g. b_1 will be equal to 0.15786. Any help would be greatly appreciated

[EViews Gareth]

Just take the variable with the fixed coefficient over to the other side.

For example, say you want to estimate

y=c(1)+c(2)*x1 + c(3)*x2

and you want to fix c(2) at 0.5, well that's the same thing as estimating:

y-0.5*x1 = c(1)+c(3)*x2

[kungal]

Thanks