On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
>> [I]n the following case there's a hard crash, apparently triggered by >> using different types of specifications (nealmon/umidas) in one equation: >> >> # debug: for direct comparison >> midasreg dep const ownlag otherQfreq; \ >> mds(dIP, start, hilagU, "nealmon") \ >> mds(dO, start, hilagU, "umidas") \ >> mds(Spr, startSpr, stopSpr, "umidas") >> fcast ($t2+1) endFC >> # end debug > > Mixing specifications, again, ought to work in principle. And of course a > crash is always a bug. > > Could you maybe send me your data offlist? Never mind sending the data, I can reproduce a crash with an example of my own. It's specific to combining an mds() "umidas" term with other midas terms (mdsl() "umidas" terms can be combined OK). I can see what's going wrong, and will fix it once I've sent out the homework exercise that I promised my macroeconomics class! Allin
