Rats on windows 7

[Aktar]

Hello,

i have now windows 7, and cant install winrats 7.1. i must upgrade winrats or something ?.

Just another question it remain 11 day of activation, it is possible to have a new order for one years (i'm student in phd university aix marseille 2) ? the price is 25$ ??

Thanks

[moderator]

I'm not aware of any issues installing RATS on Windows 7, although I'm not sure I've tested 7.1 yet.

In any case, you need to email us at

support@estima.com

with full details and we'll see what we can do.

Regards,
Tom Maycock

[msh855]

Hi,

I am trying to run the code/program of Blanchard and Perotti (2002) paper.
I have tried 2 different PC's and in both of them the program crashes and stops working.

Could you please suggest what could be the cause of this ?
I have Windows 7.

I am attaching the code for your evaluation, if necessary.


Best,
Safis

[TomDoan]

Windows 7 has nothing to do with it. There are four program files on that. Which is causing the problem, and what version of RATS do you have?

[msh855]

Thank you for your reply, Tom.

I use WinRATS 8.1

I am new to RATS. Actually I just started learning the basics, let alone read a code. Anyways, Is anything I can do ?

[moderator]

As requested above, please let us know specifically which of the four programs you are trying to run, and exactly what happens when you try to run it.

Also, if you are just getting started with RATS, be sure to work through at least the first part of the "Introduction to RATS" book if you haven't already. A relatively short amount of time spent working through those examples will give you a strong foundation for further work with RATS.

Regards,
Tom Maycock
Estima

[msh855]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the reply.

I am attaching again the file of the program i am using, plus a screen shot of what occurs when i am trying to execute the following part from the program named SSA1.PRG

system 1 to nvar; variables 1 to nvar; lags 1 to lags; kfset xxx;
det vec1 $
q2tax1 q2tax2 q2tax3 q2tax4 q2gcn1 q2gcn2 q2gcn3 q2gcn4 q2gdp1 q2gdp2 q2gdp3 q2gdp4 $
q3tax1 q3tax2 q3tax3 q3tax4 q3gcn1 q3gcn2 q3gcn3 q3gcn4 q3gdp1 q3gdp2 q3gdp3 q3gdp4 $
q4tax1 q4tax2 q4tax3 q4tax4 q4gcn1 q4gcn2 q4gcn3 q4gcn4 q4gdp1 q4gdp2 q4gdp3 q4gdp4
end(system)

Please let me know the outcome.

If it is of any assistance for you. I am trying to replicate and understand what the two academics did for their paper. Apparently, they have used earlier versions of RATS. The paper was published in 2002.

Thanks

[moderator]

I haven't been able to reproduce any sort of crash behavior. You may want to double-check that you are in fact using version 8.1. You can do that by starting RATS and doing Help-About RATS to check the version number.

Aside from the "open output" issues addressed in the other thread, there are a couple of issues with this code.

1) It sources in a separate file of commands to do some covariance matrix processing. That's done by this line (which contains both a COMPUTE and a SOURCE command):


compute [label] covmatrix= 'v'+%label([series]1)+'.src'; source &covmatrix

The constructed filename does not match the actual name of the supplied procedure file, so RATS will prompt you to select a file when it tries to execute the SOURCE command. As long as you select what I assume is the correct file (VGCNNP.SRC), execution should proceed normally. To avoid this issue entirely, change the COMPUTE command to this, which includes the "NP" at the end of the filename:

compute [label] covmatrix= 'v'+%label([series]1)+'np.src'; source &covmatrix

Note that this command actually appears twice in the program, so the fix needs to be made in both places.

2) This file actually contains what are essentially two separate programs. As written, it uses this command

end 1

as a way of clearing the memory between the two "programs". That old syntax is no longer supported. Instead, do

end(reset)

to clear the memory before continuing with the next section.

With those changes, the program should run properly to completion.

If you have further questions on executing these, please follow up via email to support@estima.com, as the details are unlikely to be of interest to other users of RATS.

Regards,
Tom