arlionn/rcr

Stata RCR package (with FORTRAN source code)

rcr - Relative correlation restrictions (Krauth 2016)

This repository contains the RCR Stata package to implement the estimator described in my paper "Bounding a linear causal effect using relative correlation restrictions" (Journal of Econometric Methods 2016).

It also contains the Fortran source code, and support files for compiling and testing.

Installing the package in Windows

Current general release

The current general release of the package can be obtained by executing the Stata command:

net install rcr, from("http://www.sfu.ca/~bkrauth/code")

To see how the command works, you can call help rcr. You can also download and execute a sample file by executing

net get rcr, from("http://www.sfu.ca/~bkrauth/code")
do rcr_example

Current developmental version

The current developmental version can be obtained from this site by executing the Stata command:

net install rcr, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bvkrauth/rcr/master/stata/")

To see how the command works, you can call help rcr. You can also download and execute a sample file by executinge

net get rcr, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bvkrauth/rcr/master/stata/")
do rcr_example

Installing the package in Linux

Tyler Ransom has ported the code to Linux. It is available on his site at https://github.com/tyleransom/rcr.

Folder structure

The folder structure is

• stata: Stata package
• src: Fortran source
• bin: binary executables for Windows and Linux
• test: files for testing

Please see the README.md file in each folder for additional details.